Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 18:23And Abraham drewe neare, and said: Wylt thou also destroye the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 20:6And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I wote well that thou dyddest it in the singlenesse of thy heart: I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me, and therefore suffred I thee not to touche her.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:4-8
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord , wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy… Read the whole commentary →