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Genesis 20:5

Said he not unto me, She is my achot? and she, even she herself said, He is achi: in the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of my lev and with clean hands of my innocency have I done this.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

4But Avimelech had not come near her; and he said, Adonoi, wilt Thou slay also a goy tzaddik?

6And HaElohim said unto him in a chalom, Yea, I have da'as that thou didst this in the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of thy lev; for I also withheld thee from sinning against Me; therefore allowed I thee not to touch her.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:22El Elohim, Hashem El Elohim, He knoweth, and Yisroel shall have da'as; if it be in mered (rebellion), or if in ma'al against Hashem, al toshieini hayom hazeh (save us not this day),

2 Kings 20:3Remember now, Hashem, how I have walked before Thee in emes and with a lev shalem, and have done that which is hatov in Thy sight. And Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) wept with bekhi gadol (great weeping).

Job 33:9I am pure without peysha; 1 I am clean; neither is there avon in me. + 33:9 Yn 8:46 1

Psalms 7:9Hashem shall judge the people; 1 judge me, Hashem, according to my tzedek, 1 and according to mine integrity that is in me. 1

Psalms 25:21[Tav] Let tohm (integrity, guilelessness) and uprightness preserve me; 1 for I wait on Thee. 1

Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my lev, 1 and washed my hands in innocency. 1

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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