“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”
Abimelech has not gone near her, and he appeals to God: Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? He protests his innocence clearly. The moral clarity of Abimelech — seeking justice, protesting innocence, appealing to God — is more admirable in this episode than the patriarch who placed him in danger. Romans 2:15 speaks of the law written on human hearts — Abimelech is reading it clearly. The application: those outside the covenant community are not necessarily less morally serious than those within it.
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