Genesis 20:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

(Notwithstanding Abimelech had not yet come neere her) And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay euen the righteous nation?

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  • Gen 18:23-25 : 23 Then Abraham drewe neere, & said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein? 25 Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?
  • 1 Chr 21:17 : 17 And Dauid said vnto God, Is it not I that commanded to nomber the people? It is euen I that haue sinned and haue committed euil, but these sheepe what haue they done? O Lorde my God, I beseech thee, let thine hande be on me and on my fathers house, and not on thy people for their destruction.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the Lord rained vpon Sodom and vpon Gomorah brimstone, & fire from the Lord out of heauen,
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 And God saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shouldest not sinne against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touche her.
  • Gen 20:17-18 : 17 Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children. 18 For the Lorde had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.
  • 2 Sam 4:11 : 11 How much more, when wicked men haue slaine a righteous person in his owne house, and vpon his bed? shal I not now therfore require his blood at your hand, and take you from the earth?

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

    3But God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Beholde, thou art but dead, because of the woman, which thou hast taken: for she is a mans wife.

  • Gen 20:5-15
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    5Said not he vnto me, She is my sister? yea, and she her selfe said, He is my brother: with an vpright minde, and innocent handes haue I done this.

    6And God saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shouldest not sinne against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touche her.

    7Now then deliuer the man his wife againe: for he is a Prophet, and he shall pray for thee that thou mayest liue: but if thou deliuer her not againe, be sure that thou shalt die the death, thou, and all that thou hast.

    8Then Abimelech rising vp early in ye morning, called all his seruants, and tolde all these things vnto them, and the men were sore afraid.

    9Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I offeded thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdome this great sinne? thou hast done things vnto me that ought not to be done.

    10So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?

    11Then Abraha answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wiues sake.

    12Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.

    13Nowe when God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy kindnes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother.

    14Then tooke Abimelech sheepe & beeues, & men seruants, & women seruants, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

    15And Abimelech saide, Beholde, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.

    10Then Abimelech said, Why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people had almost lien by thy wife, so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

    11Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children.

    18For the Lorde had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.

  • Gen 21:25-26
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    25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.

    26And Abimelech saide, I knowe not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it but this day.

  • Gen 18:23
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    23Then Abraham drewe neere, & said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

  • Gen 21:22
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    22And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

  • Gen 18:25
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    25Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

  • Gen 12:18
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    18Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?

  • Gen 21:29
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    29Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.