4Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?


In Context

1 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,

2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."

4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

5 Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and didn't she also say, 'He is my brother'? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands."

6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 20:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said : Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and justl

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, |Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, 'Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, will you slay also a righteous nation?