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Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?
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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 And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister: And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, on account of the woman whom thou hast taken: for she [is] a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?
5 Said he not to me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart, and innocence of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said to him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore to the man [his] wife, for he [is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou shalt not restore [her], know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that [are] thine.
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