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Genesis 20:4

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

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Genesis 20:4 in other translations

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

Genesis 20:4 · American Standard Version

Genesis 20:4 in context

  1. 2Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” 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, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife.”
  3. 4Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
  4. 5Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
  5. 6God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.