Genesis 20:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ However, Aḇ

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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

And יהוה  rained sulphur and fire on Seḏ

Genesis 20:5

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

Genesis 20:6

And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For this reason I did not let you touch her.

2 Samuel 4:11

“How much more, when wrong men have slain a righteous man in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”

1 Chronicles 21:17

And Dawiḏ