Komentaryo sa Genesis 26:10: Rashi, Chizkuni, Kli Yakar & Sforno

אחד העם ONE OF THE PEOPLE — the one singled out from the people — viz., the king (cf. Targum).

אחד העם, “one of the people;” whether an important person or a commoner; the word occurs in this sense in Samuel I 26,15.

And he said, ‘What is this that you have done to us, etc.’ With Abimelech, it is written ‘you have done to us’ in the plural form, and similarly Abimelech said to Abraham ‘What have you done to us, etc.’ However, Pharaoh said to Abraham ‘What is this that you have done to me’ in the singular form. In the book Toldot Yitzchak, he wrote to resolve this question: Since the Egyptians were steeped in sexual immorality, therefore there was no difference there whether he said ‘she is my sister’ or ‘she is my wife’ — either way they would have been promiscuous with her. ‘But to me alone you have sinned, for I am the king who judges the whole land — shall [I] not act justly?’ Therefore, you should have told me the truth. But Abimelech said ‘to us’ — meaning ‘you have sinned against all of us, for I and my people are all righteous,’ and they would not have touched her at all had you told the truth.

והבאת עלינו אשם AND YOU WOULD HAVE BROUGHT GUILT UPON US — If he had lain with her already, YOU WOULD HAVE BROUGHT GUILT UPON US.