Genesis 20:5

Didn't Abraham tell me himself, ‘She's my sister,’ and didn't Sarah also say, ‘He's my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Abimelech hadn't touched Sarah, and he asked, “Lord, do you kill good people?

6God told him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in all innocence, so I prevented you from sinning against me. That's why I didn't let you touch her.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:22“The Lord is God of gods, the Lord is God of gods, and he knows! May Israel also know! If we're in rebellion against God or being disloyal to him then kill us right now!

2 Kings 20:3“Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah cried and cried.

Job 33:9You say, ‘I'm clean, I've done nothing wrong; I'm pure, I have not sinned.

Psalms 7:9Please bring an end to the evil done by the wicked; vindicate those who do good, for you are the God of right who examines hearts and minds.

Psalms 25:21May integrity and honesty defend me because I place my confidence in you.

Psalms 73:13It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.

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 →

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