Exculpate
To exculpate is to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
God exculpated Abimelech from enlisting a married woman (namely Sarah) in his harem on the basis of ignorance. (Genesis 20)
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her." (Genesis 20:6, NASB)
Note: This lithograph of Sarah and Abimlech was created by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in 1960.
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