Genesis 26:11

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The Abimelech commaunded all the people, and sayde: Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe, shal dye the death.

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  • Ps 105:15 : 15 Touch not myne anoynted, do my prophetes no harme.
  • Prov 6:29 : 29 Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heithe, which spoyled you: for who so toucheth you, shal touche the aple of his owne eye.
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I knowe that thou dyddest it wt a pure hert, and therfore I kepte the, that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me, nether haue I suffred the to touch her.

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  • Gen 26:6-10
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    6So Isaac dwelt at Gerar.

    7And whan the men of the same place axed him of his wife, he sayde: she is my sister. For he was afrayed to saye: she is my wife, (thinkinge thus:) they might slaye me for Rebeccas sake, for she was beutifull to loke vnto.

    8Now whan he had bene there a longe season, Abimelech the kynge of the Phylistynes loked out at a wyndow, and sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife.

    9Then Abimelech called Isaac, and sayde: Beholde, she is thy wyfe, why saydest thou then: She is my sister? Isaac answered him: I thought, I might peraduenture hahe died because of her.

    10Abimelech saide: Why hast thou then done this vnto vs? It coude lightly haue come to passe, that some of the people might haue lyen with thy wyfe, and so haddest thou brought synne vpo vs.

  • Gen 20:2-11
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    2and sayde of Sara his wife: She is my sister. Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her, and caused her be fett awaye.

    3But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, & sayde vnto him: Beholde, thou art but a deed man, for the womans sake which thou hast taken, for she is a mans wife.

    4Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her, and sayde: LORDE, wilt thou sley a righteous people?

    5Sayde not he vnto me: she is my sister? Yee and sayde not she her self also: he is my brother? With a pure hert & with innocent handes haue I done this.

    6And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I knowe that thou dyddest it wt a pure hert, and therfore I kepte the, that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me, nether haue I suffred the to touch her.

    7Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne, for he is a prophet: and let him pray for ye, and thou shalt lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne, be sure, that thou shalt dye the death, and all that is thine.

    8Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge, and called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these thinges in their eares, and the men were sore afrayed,

    9and Abimelech called Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended ye, that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde deale.

    10And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge?

    11Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake,

  • Gen 20:18
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    18For a fore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house, because of Sara Abrahams wife.

  • Deut 22:22
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    22Yf a man be founde lienge with a woma that hath a maried husbande, they shal dye both the man, & the woma that he hath lien withall. And so shalt thou put awaye euell from Israel.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.

  • Gen 21:25-26
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    25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water, which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence.

    26Then answered Abimelech: I knewe not who dyd it, nether dyddest thou tell me, and I haue not herde of it but this daye.

  • Deut 22:24-25
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    24ye shal brynge them both out vnto the gate of the cite, and stone them both, yt they dye. The damsell, because she cryed not, beynge in the cite. The man, because he hath brought his neghbours wife to shame. And thou shalt put awaye the euell from the.

    25But yf a man get an handfested damsell vpon the felde, and take her, and lye wt her, then the man that laye with her, shal dye alone,

  • Gen 21:22
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    22At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15and sayde: Beholde, my londe stondeth open before the, dwell where it liketh the.

  • Gen 12:12
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    12Now whan the Egipcians se the, they wil saye: She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and saue the alyue.

  • Judg 9:53-54
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    53But a woman cast a pece of a mylstone vpon Abimelechs heade, and brake his brane panne.

    54Then Abimelech in all the haist, called the seruaunt that bare his wapen, and sayde vnto him: Drawe out thy swerde, and kyll me, that it be not sayde of me: A woman hath slayne him. Then his seruaunt thrust him thorow, and he dyed.

  • Lev 20:10-11
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    10He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mas wife, shal dye the death (both the aduouterer and ye aduouteresse) because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife.

    11Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife, so yt he vncouer his fathers preuyte, they shal both dye the death: their bloude be vpo the.

  • Gen 26:26
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    26And Abimelech wente vnto him from Gerar, and Ahusath his frende, and Phicolhis chefe captayne.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy wife?

    19Why saydest thou then, that she was yi sister? Wherfore I toke her to my wife. And now lo, there is yi wife, take her, and go thy waye.

  • Judg 9:44
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    44Abimelech and ye company of men that was with him, fell vpon them, and stepte vnto the dore of the porte: but the other two companies fell vpon all them that were in the felde, and slewe them.

  • Exod 21:12
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    12He that smyteth a man that he dye, shall dye the death.

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God recompenced Abimelech the euell that he had done vnto his father, wha he slewe his threscore and ten brethren: