Genesis 20:4
וַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ לֹא קָרַב אֵלֶיהָ וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי הֲגוֹי גַּם ־ צַדִּיק תַּהֲרֹֽג ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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 18:23וַיִּגַּשׁ אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הַאַף תִּסְפֶּה צַדִּיק עִם ־ רָשָֽׁע ׃
Genesis 20:6וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָֽאֱלֹהִים בַּחֲלֹם גַּם אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי בְתָם ־ לְבָבְךָ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וָאֶחְשֹׂךְ גַּם ־ אָנֹכִי אֽוֹתְךָ מֵחֲטוֹ ־ לִי עַל ־ כֵּן לֹא ־ נְתַתִּיךָ לִנְגֹּעַ אֵלֶֽיהָ ׃
2 Samuel 4:11אַף כִּֽי ־ אֲנָשִׁים רְשָׁעִים הָרְגוּ אֶת ־ אִישׁ ־ צַדִּיק בְּבֵיתוֹ עַל ־ מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וְעַתָּה הֲלוֹא אֲבַקֵּשׁ אֶת ־ דָּמוֹ מִיֶּדְכֶם וּבִעַרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
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 →