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Genesis 26:11
Genesis 26:11 is verse 11 of Genesis chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
King James Version
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
World English Bible
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
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Genesis 26:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
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.”
11 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 20:6Then 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.
Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Zechariah 2:8For 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—