Genesis 20:4

20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord,6 would you really slaughter an innocent nation?7

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