Genesis 21:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today.
Douay-Rheims

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי מִ֥י עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְגַם־אַתָּ֞ה לֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֗י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בִּלְתִּ֥י הַיּֽוֹם׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Philaret of Moscow (Drosdow)

19th centuryChurch Father

I was unaware, etc. In this acknowledgment, Abimelech demonstrates that he receives Abraham's grievance as a prerequisite for their covenant.

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Passages read together with this verse.

Gen 13:7Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.