Genesis 26:11
King James Version
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Genesis 26:11 in context
9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
About this book
The Book of Genesis — summary, themes & key verses
Beginnings — creation, the fall, and the first promises of a God who pursues his people.
