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Genesis 20:4

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Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

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Genesis 20:4 in other translations

Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

Genesis 20:4 · World English Bible

Genesis 20:4 in context

  1. 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
  2. 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
  3. 4Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?
  4. 5Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
  5. 6And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.