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Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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Genesis 26:11 in other translations
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
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In context
8 And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac [was] sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account.
10 And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done to us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldst have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: and the LORD blessed him:
13 And the man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and very many servants: And the Philistines envied him.
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