Genesis 20:5
Has he not himself said to me, She [is] my sister! And she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocence of my hands, I have done this.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Abimelech has not drawn near to her, and he says, “Lord, do you also slay a righteous nation?
Cross References
Joshua 22:22“The God of gods—YHWH, the God of gods—YHWH, He is knowing, and Israel—he knows, if [we are] in rebellion, and if in trespass against YHWH, do not save us this day!
2 Kings 20:3“Ah, now, O YHWH, please remember how I have habitually walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and I have done that which [is] good in Your eyes”; and Hezekiah weeps [with] a great weeping.
Job 33:9I [am] pure, without transgression, || I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
Psalms 7:9Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, || And establish the righteous, || And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
Psalms 25:21Integrity and uprightness keep me, || For I have waited [on] You.
Psalms 73:13Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,
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 →