Genesis 20:4
“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Genesis 20:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Abimelech aber hatte sich ihr nicht genaht; und er sprach: Herr, willst du auch eine gerechte Nation töten?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mas Abimelech no había llegado á ella, y dijo: Señor, ¿matarás también la gente justa?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Mas Abimeleque não havia chegado a ela, e disse: Senhor, matarás também a gente justa?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ora, Abimeleque, que não havia tocado nela, disse: "Senhor, matarás também uma nação justa?
📖 Genesis 20:4 in Context
2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6And God said unto 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 suffered I thee not to touch her.
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