Genesis 20:4 - Modern English Version

⁴ Abimelech had not gone near her, and he said, “Lord, will You slay a righteous nation?

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was from the Lord out of heaven.

Genesis 20:5

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

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, for I also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore, I did not let you touch her.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more so, when guilty men have slain an innocent man in his own house on his own bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand and wipe you from the earth?”

1 Chronicles 21:17

David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the command to number the people? I am the one who has sinned and surely done evil. But these sheep, what have they done? O  Lord my God, I pray, let Your hand be against me and my father’s house, but do not let Your people be plagued.”