Genesis 20:5
Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
4Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?
Cross References
Joshua 22:22The LORD, the God of gods, the LORD, the God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD, (save thou us not this day,)
2 Kings 20:3Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Job 33:9I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
Psalms 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee.
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
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 →