Genesis 26:10 - Exposition

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife ,—literally, within a little (cf. Psalms 73:2 ; Psalms 119:87 ) one of the people might have lain with thy wife— and thou shouldest — i . e . (within a little) thou mightest— have brought (or caused to come) guiltiness upon us (cf. Genesis 20:9 , where חַטָּאָה is used instead of אָשָׁם ).