Catholic Public Domain Version
"In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just? "
— Genesis 20:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”
“Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? ”
“Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?”
“Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?”
“Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?”
“Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?”
“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”
Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.
And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: “Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband.”
In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?
Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and did she not say, ‘He is my brother?’ In the sincerity of my heart and the purity of my hands, I have done this.”
And God said to him: “And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.
Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours.”