Genesis 26:11

And so Abimelech charged al his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall dye the death.

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In The King James Version

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

In Context

10Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

12Then Isahac sowed in that lande, and receaued in the same yere an hundred folde: and the Lorde blessed hym.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:7-12

Isaac's Denial of His Wife. ( b. c. 1840.) 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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