At the same time, the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord caused fire and burning sulfur to fall out of the sky from the Lord.
Genesis 20:4 - Easy To Read Version But Abimelech had not yet slept with Sarah. So Abimelech said, “Lord, I am not guilty. Would you kill an innocent person? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? Common English Bible Now Abimelech hadn’t gone near her, and he said, “Lord, will you really put an innocent nation to death? Catholic Public Domain Version In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: "Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and just? |
At the same time, the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord caused fire and burning sulfur to fall out of the sky from the Lord.
Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister.’ And the woman also said, ‘This man is my brother.’ I am innocent. I did not know what I was doing.”
Then God said to Abimelech in a dream, “Yes, I know that you are innocent. And I know that you did not know what you were doing. I saved you. I did not allow you to sin against me. I was the One who did not allow you to sleep with her.
So I must kill you and remove you from this land. Why? Because you evil men killed a good man sleeping on his own bed, in his own house.”
David said to God, “I am the one that sinned! I gave the order for the people to be counted! I was wrong! The people of Israel did not do anything wrong! Lord my God, punish me and my family! But stop the terrible sicknesses that are killing your people!”