Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? New Living Translation But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? English Standard Version Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, “Lord, will you kill an innocent people? Berean Standard Bible Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? King James Bible But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? New King James Version But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also? New American Standard Bible Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even though blameless? NASB 1995 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless? NASB 1977 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, wilt Thou slay a nation, even though blameless? Legacy Standard Bible (Now Abimelech had not come near her.) Then he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even though righteous? Amplified Bible Now Abimelech had not yet come near her; so he said, “Lord, will you kill a people who are righteous and innocent and blameless [regarding Sarah]? Christian Standard Bible Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, would you destroy a nation even though it is innocent? Holman Christian Standard Bible Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? American Standard Version Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abimelek did not touch her and Abimelek said, “LORD JEHOVAH, do you also kill innocent people? Brenton Septuagint Translation But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation? Douay-Rheims Bible Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said : Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and justl English Revised Version Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? GOD'S WORD® Translation Abimelech hadn't come near her, so he asked, "Lord, will you destroy a nation even if it's innocent? Good News Translation But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, "Lord, I am innocent! Would you destroy me and my people? International Standard Version Now Abimelech had not yet come near her, so he asked, "LORD, will you destroy an innocent nation? JPS Tanakh 1917 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation? Literal Standard Version And Abimelech has not drawn near to her, and he says, “Lord, do you also slay a righteous nation? Majority Standard Bible Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? New American Bible Abimelech, who had not approached her, said: “O Lord, would you kill an innocent man? NET Bible Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, "Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation? New Revised Standard Version Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent people? New Heart English Bible Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation? Webster's Bible Translation But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation? World English Bible Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation? Young's Literal Translation And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, 'Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech…3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.” 4Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? 5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”… Cross References Genesis 18:23 Abraham stepped forward and said, "Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Genesis 20:5 Didn't Abraham tell me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands." Treasury of Scripture But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, will you slay also a righteous nation? had. Genesis 20:6,18 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… wilt. Genesis 20:17,18 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children… Genesis 18:23-25 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? … Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Approached Blameless Death Destroy Drawn Innocent Kill Nation Righteous Slay Upright WiltJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Approached Blameless Death Destroy Drawn Innocent Kill Nation Righteous Slay Upright WiltGenesis 20 1. Abraham sojourns at Gerar.2. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. 3. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 9. He rebukes Abraham. 14. Restores Sarah; 16. and reproves her. 17. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. (4) A righteous nation.--Knobel has pointed out that there is an allusion here to the fate of Sodom. Though the malady was confined to Abimelech and his household, yet he sees destruction threatening his whole people, who, compared with the inhabitants of the Ciccar cities, were righteous. There is indirect proof: of the truth of Abimelech's assertion in the fact that death (see Genesis 20:3) is acquiesced in as the fitting punishment for adultery.Verse 4. - But Abimelech had not come near her. Apparently withheld by the peculiar disease which had overtaken him. The statement of the present verse (a similar one to which is not made with reference to Pharaoh) was clearly rendered necessary by the approaching birth of Isaac, who might otherwise have been said to be the child not of Abraham, but of the Philistine king. And he said, Lord, - Adonai (vide Genesis 15:2) - wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Anticipating that the stroke of Divine judgment was about to fall upon his people as well as on himself, with allusion to the fate of Sodom (Knobel), which he deprecates for his people at least on the ground that they are innocent of the offence charged against him (cf. 2 Samuel 24:17). That Abimelech and his people, like Melchisedeck and his subjects, had some knowledge of the true God, and that the Canaanites generally at this period had not reached the depth of moral degradation into which the cities of the Jordan circle had sunk before their overthrow, is apparent from the narrative. The comparative virtue, therefore, of these tribes was a proof that the hour had not arrived for the infliction on them of the doom of extermination. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now Abimelechוַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ (wa·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name had not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no gone near her, קָרַ֖ב (qā·raḇ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7126: To come near, approach so he replied, וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (way·yō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Lord, אֲדֹנָ֕י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord would You destroy תַּהֲרֹֽג׃ (ta·hă·rōḡ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent a nation הֲג֥וֹי (hă·ḡō·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts even though גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and it is innocent? צַדִּ֖יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous Links Genesis 20:4 NIVGenesis 20:4 NLT Genesis 20:4 ESV Genesis 20:4 NASB Genesis 20:4 KJV Genesis 20:4 BibleApps.com Genesis 20:4 Biblia Paralela Genesis 20:4 Chinese Bible Genesis 20:4 French Bible Genesis 20:4 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not come near her (Gen. 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