Genesis 20:5

Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.”

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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

4Now Abimelech [My father king] had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a upright nation?

6God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning ·deviating (from the standard goal)· against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, 2 but establish the upright; 2 their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. 1

Psalms 25:21תּ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, 2 for I wait for you. 1

Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, 2 and washed my hands in innocence, 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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