Genesis 20:4
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Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?

Genesis 18:23
And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?

Genesis 20:5
Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.

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Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?

had.

Genesis 20:6,18 And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her. . . .

wilt.

Genesis 20:17,18 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: . . .

Genesis 18:23-25 And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? . . .

Genesis 19:24 And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

2 Samuel 4:11 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth?

1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father's house: and let not thy people be destroyed.

Context
Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
3And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband. 4Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?5Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.…
Lexicon
Now Abimelech
וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ (wa·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name

had not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

gone near her,
קָרַ֖ב (qā·raḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach

so he replied,
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Lord,
אֲדֹנָ֕י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

would You destroy
תַּהֲרֹֽג׃ (ta·hă·rōḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

a nation
הֲג֥וֹי (hă·ḡō·w)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

even though
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

it is innocent?
צַדִּ֖יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous


Additional Translations
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, will you slay also a righteous nation?

Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation?

But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?

Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?

Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, 'Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?
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