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Genesis 20:4

NETBible	Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord,¹ would you really slaughter an innocent nation?²
NIV © biblegateway Gen 20:4	Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
NASB © biblegateway Gen 20:4	Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless?
NLT © biblegateway Gen 20:4	But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, "Lord, will you kill an innocent man?
MSG © biblegateway Gen 20:4	Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man?
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 20:4	Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 20:4	Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent people?
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 20:4	But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also?
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KJV	But Abimelech <040> had not come near <07126> (8804) her: and he said <0559> (8799)_, Lord <0136>_, wilt thou slay <02026> (8799) also a righteous <06662> nation <01471>_?
NASB © biblegateway Gen 20:4	Now Abimelech <040> had not come <07126> near <07126> her; and he said <0559> , "Lord <0136> , will You slay <02026> a nation <01471> , even <01571> though blameless <06662> ?
LXXM	abimelec {N-PRI} de <1161> PRT ouc <3364> ADV hqato <680> V-AMI-3S authv <846> D-GSF kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} kurie <2962> N-VSM eynov <1484> N-ASN agnooun <50> V-PAPAS kai <2532> CONJ dikaion <1342> A-ASN apoleiv {V-FAI-2S}
NET [draft] ITL	Now Abimelech <040> had not <03808> gone near <07126> her. He said <0559> , “Lord <0136> , would you really <01571> slaughter <02026> an innocent <06662> nation <01471> ?
HEBREW	grht <02026> qydu <06662> Mg <01571> ywgh <01471> ynda <0136> rmayw <0559> hyla <0413> brq <07126> al <03808> Klmybaw (20:4) <040>

NETBible

Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord,¹ would you really slaughter an innocent nation?²

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

²tn Apparently Abimelech assumes that God’s judgment will fall on his entire nation. Some, finding the reference to a nation problematic, prefer to emend the text and read, “Would you really kill someone who is innocent?” See E. A. Speiser, Genesis (AB), 149.