Genesis 20:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Abimelech said to the Lord, “Don't kill me! I haven't slept with Sarah. Didn't they say they were brother and sister? I am completely innocent.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

and the LORD sent burning sulphur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 20:6

God spoke to Abimelech in another dream and said: I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sleeping with Sarah and doing anything wrong.

2 Samuel 4:11

You evil men have done something much worse than he did. You've killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed. I'll make you pay for that. I'll wipe you from the face of the earth!

1 Chronicles 21:17

and David prayed, “It's my fault! I sinned by ordering the people to be counted. They have done nothing wrong—they are innocent sheep. LORD God, please punish me and my family. Don't let the disease wipe out your people.”