Genesis 20:4
Good News Translation
But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, "Lord, I am innocent! Would you destroy me and my people?

New Revised Standard Version
Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent people?

New American Bible
Abimelech, who had not approached her, said: “O Lord, would you kill an innocent man?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?

had.

Genesis 20:6,18 And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her. . . .

wilt.

Genesis 20:17,18 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: . . .

Genesis 18:23-25 And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? . . .

Genesis 19:24 And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

2 Samuel 4:11 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth?

1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father's house: and let not thy people be destroyed.

Context
Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
3And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband. 4Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?5Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.…
Cross References
Genesis 18:23
And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?

Genesis 20:5
Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.

Genesis 20:3
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