1)

What deeds that are 'not normally done' did Avimelech and his subjects suffer?

1.

Rashi: HaSh-m blocked all their orifices - those of the Zera, of Ketanim and Gedolim, the ears and the nose.

2)

What was Avimelech accusing Avraham of?

1.

Seforno: He was accusing him of causing so much damage to a person whom he did not know and with whom he had not fallen out. Moreover, he gained nothing from the harm he was causing him.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

3)

Rashi writes: "'Deeds that are not to be done' - An unheard-of plague has come upon us." Why not explain simply, that Avimelech accused Avraham of having acted improperly?

1.

Gur Aryeh: Avraham had not committed any "deeds" against them, but rather only one deed -namely, he said that Sarah was his sister. Nor was this even a deed, but merely a statement.

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