Genesis 26:11
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 105:15 : 15 "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"
- Prov 6:29 : 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
- Zech 2:8 : 8 For thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
- Gen 20:6 : 6 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
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- Gen 26:6-105 verses87%
6Isaac lived in Gerar.
7The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at."
8It happened, 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 caressing Rebekah, his wife.
9Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
10Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"
- Gen 20:2-1110 verses80%
2Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
4Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
5Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
6God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
7Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."
8Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
10Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"
11Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
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18For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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22If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
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29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
- Gen 21:25-262 verses73%
25Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
- Deut 22:24-252 verses72%
24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
25But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die:
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22It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
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15Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
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12It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
- Judg 9:53-542 verses71%
53A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
54Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, 'A woman killed him.' His young man thrust him through, and he died."
- Lev 20:10-112 verses71%
10"'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11"'The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
- Gen 12:18-192 verses70%
18Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that 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 therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."
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44Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.
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12"One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
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56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;