Genesis 20:4

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Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?

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  • Gen 18:23-25 : 23 Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
  • 1 Chr 21:17 : 17 David said to God,“Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep– what have they done? O LORD my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!”
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
  • Gen 20:17-18 : 17 Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children. 18 For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
  • 2 Sam 4:11 : 11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

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

    3But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”

  • Gen 20:5-15
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    5Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”

    6Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

    7But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”

    8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

    9Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”

    10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”

    11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

    12What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

    13When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”

    14So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.

    15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,“She is really your wife! Why did you say,‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied,“Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”

    10Then Abimelech exclaimed,“What in the world have you done to us? One of the men nearly took your wife to bed, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

    11So Abimelech commanded all the people,“Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

    18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Gen 21:25-26
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    25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

    26“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”

  • Gen 18:23
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    23Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

  • Gen 21:22
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    22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.

  • Gen 18:25
    72%

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

  • Gen 12:18
    70%

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

  • Gen 21:29
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    29Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

  • Judg 9:56
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    56God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.