Genesis 20:4 - New Revised Standard Version

⁴ Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent people?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But Abimelech had not come near her, so he said, Lord, will you slay a people who are just and innocent?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

Common English Bible

⁴ Now Abimelech hadn’t gone near her, and he said, “Lord, will you really put an innocent nation to death?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: "Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?

Genesis 20:4 Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

Genesis 20:5

Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more then, when wicked men have killed a righteous man on his bed in his own house! And now shall I not require his blood at your hand, and destroy you from the earth?”

1 Chronicles 21:17

And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? It is I who have sinned and done very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father's house; but do not let your people be plagued!”