Old Testament · VERSE 4

Genesis 20:4

King James Version

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

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Genesis 20:4 in context

Genesis 20:2

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:3

But 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.

Genesis 20:4SELECTED VERSE

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

Genesis 20:5

Said 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.

Genesis 20:6

And 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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