Holy Scripture

Genesis 20:3

A church father on this verse
“But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him: Behold, you are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she has a husband; but Abimelech had not touched her and said: Lord, will you kill an innocent and righteous nation? And the rest of this reading. It seems that Abimelech was diligent in…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

Source: Septuagint

Original

3And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and said, Behold, thou diest for the woman, whom thou hast taken, whereas she has lived with a husband.

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In context

1And Abraham removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

2And Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

— Genesis 20:3 —

4But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation?

5Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.

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