Genesis 26:11
So Abimelech commanded all the people,“Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
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- Ps 105:15 : 15 saying,“Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
- Prov 6:29 : 29 So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
- Zech 2:8 : 8 For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you– for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
- Gen 20:6 : 6 Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
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- Gen 26:6-105 verses87%
6So Isaac settled in Gerar.
7When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied,“She is my sister.” He was afraid to say,“She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,“The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”
8After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,“She is really your wife! Why did you say,‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied,“Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”
10Then Abimelech exclaimed,“What in the world have you done to us? One of the men nearly took your wife to bed, and you would have brought guilt on us!”
- Gen 20:2-1110 verses80%
2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
3But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”
4Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?
5Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”
6Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
7But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”
8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.
9Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”
10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”
11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
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18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
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22If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
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29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
- Gen 21:25-262 verses73%
25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”
- Deut 22:24-252 verses72%
24you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
25But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die.
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22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.
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15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”
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12When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.
- Judg 9:53-542 verses71%
53a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
54He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons,“Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say,‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.
- Lev 20:10-112 verses71%
10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
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26Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.
- Gen 12:18-192 verses70%
18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
19Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
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44Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.
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12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
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56God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.