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Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?
Genesis 20:4 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 20:4 in other translations
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
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In context
1 Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
2 And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her.
3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.
4 Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?
5 Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.
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