Genesis 20:4 - 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?

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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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and just?

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, “Lord, will you kill an innocent people?

Genesis 20:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 19:24

Therefore, the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven.

Genesis 20:5

Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and did she not say, 'He is my brother?' In the sincerity of my heart and the purity of my hands, I have done this."

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him: "And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more so now, when impious men have put to death an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

1 Chronicles 21:17

And David said to God: "Am I not the one who ordered that the people be numbered? It is I who sinned; it is I who did evil. This flock, what does it deserve? O Lord my God, I beg you to let your hand be turned against me and against the house of my father. But let not your people be struck down."