Genesis 20:4

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Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, 'Lord, will you destroy a nation even if it is innocent?'

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  • Gen 18:23-25 : 23 Then Abraham approached Him and said, 'Will You sweep away the righteous with the wicked?' 24 'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?' 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'
  • 1 Chr 21:17 : 17 David said to God, "Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? LORD my God, let Your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on Your people."
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'
  • Gen 20:17-18 : 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again. 18 For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
  • 2 Sam 4:11 : 11 How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?

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

    3But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, 'You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.'

  • Gen 20:5-15
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    84%

    5'Did he not say to me,

    6Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'

    7Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.'

    8Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, told them everything that had happened, and they were very afraid.

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, 'What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such a great sin upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.'

    10And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'

    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

    12Besides, she really is my sister—the daughter of my father though not of my mother—and she became my wife.

    13And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is the kindness you can show to me: Everywhere we go, say about me, ‘He is my brother.’”

    14Then Abimelech brought sheep, cattle, male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah, his wife, to him.

    15And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "Surely, she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might be killed on account of her."

    10Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."

    11So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.

    18For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 21:25-26
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    76%

    25Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech about the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

    26But Abimelech said, 'I do not know who did this. You did not tell me, and I have only heard about it today.'

  • Gen 18:23
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    23Then Abraham approached Him and said, 'Will You sweep away the righteous with the wicked?'

  • Gen 21:22
    73%

    22At that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, 'God is with you in everything you do.'

  • Gen 18:25
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    25'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'

  • Gen 12:18
    70%

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

  • Gen 21:29
    70%

    29Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart by themselves?'

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.