Genesis 20:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

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  • Gen 18:23-25 : 23 And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners? 24 If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men? 25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
  • 1 Chr 21:17 : 17 And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
  • Gen 20:17-18 : 17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children. 18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
  • 2 Sam 4:11 : 11 How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

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  • Gen 20:2-3
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    2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

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

  • Gen 20:5-15
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    5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

    6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

    7 So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.

    8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

    9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.

    10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

    11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

    12 And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

    13 And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

    14 Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.

    15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9 And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

    10 Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

    11 And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

    18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 21:25-26
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    25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

    26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.

  • Gen 18:23
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    23 And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

  • Gen 21:22
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    22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

  • Gen 18:25
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    25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

  • Gen 12:18
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    18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

  • Gen 21:29
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    29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

  • Judg 9:56
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    56 In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;