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


In Context

1 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, |She is my sister.| Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, |Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife.|

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

5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.|

6 God said to him in the dream, |Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent 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 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?