Genesis 20:4
And Abimelech has not drawn near to her, and he says, “Lord, do you also slay a righteous nation?
Literal Standard Version
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 draws near and says, “Do You also consume righteous with wicked?
Genesis 20:6And God says to him in the dream, “Indeed, I have known that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I withhold you, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not permitted you to come against her;
2 Samuel 4:11Also—when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do I not require his blood from your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?”
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 →