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Genesis 26:11

Abimelech
Protection and safety

9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

10 “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13 and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
KJV
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
WEB
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
ASV
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
DARBY
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
BLB
And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “The one who touches this man or his wife, he shall surely be put to death.”
ÅB
Så befalte Abimelek alt folket og sa: Den som rører ved denne mann eller hans hustru, han skal late sitt liv.
OTB
Så befalte Abimelek hele folket og sa: «Den som skader denne mannen eller hans kone, skal sannelig dø.»
B1930
Så bød Abimelek alt folket og sa: Den som rører ved denne mann eller hans hustru, han skal late sitt liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 105:15

    “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

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  • Genesis 20:6

    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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  • Proverbs 6:29

    So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

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  • Zechariah 2:8

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

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