But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said,“ Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also?

亚比米勒却还没有亲近撒拉；他说：“主啊，连有义的国，你也要毁灭吗？

亚比米勒还未亲近撒拉；他说：“主啊，连公义的国，你也要毁灭吗？

亚比米勒还未亲近撒拉；他说：“主啊，连公义的国，你也要毁灭吗？

亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉，因此他说：“主啊，难道你要毁灭一个无辜的国家吗？

亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉，所以他说：“我主啊，连正义的人你也要杀害吗？

那时亚比米勒还没有与撒拉亲近，于是他说：“主啊，连公义之民，你也要杀吗？

亞比米勒卻還沒有親近撒拉；他說：「主啊，連有義的國，你也要毀滅嗎？

亞比米勒還未親近撒拉；他說：「主啊，連公義的國，你也要毀滅嗎？

亞比米勒還未親近撒拉；他說：「主啊，連公義的國，你也要毀滅嗎？

亞比米勒還沒有親近撒拉，因此他說：「主啊，難道你要毀滅一個無辜的國家嗎？

亞比米勒還沒有親近撒拉，所以他說：“我主啊，連正義的人你也要殺害嗎？

亞比米勒卻還沒有親近撒拉；他說：『主啊，連正義的人你也要殺滅麼？

那時亞比米勒還沒有與撒拉親近，於是他說：「主啊，連公義之民，你也要殺嗎？

亞比米勒未近婦身、曰、主歟、為義之民、亦滅之乎、

亞庇米力未玷婦身、故曰、為義之民、主豈滅之乎。

亞比米勒未近婦、故曰、無辜之民、主欲滅之乎、

Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said,“ Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

But Abimelek hadn’t gone near her. So he said,“ Lord, will you destroy a nation that hasn’t done anything wrong?

Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said,“ Lord, will you kill an innocent people?

But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said,“ Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said,“ Lord, would you destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said,“ Lord, will You kill a nation, even though blameless?

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

Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said,“ Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

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

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

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

And David said to God,“ Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

And Abraham came near and said,“ Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;for the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”

And God said to him in a dream,“ Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.