Genesis 26:11

WEB

¹¹Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

KJV

¹¹And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

BSB

¹¹So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

FBV

¹¹Abimelech issued orders to all the people, warning them, “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be executed.”

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Extra References

Psalms 105:15

¹⁵“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”

Genesis 20:6

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.

Proverbs 6:29

²⁹So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

Zechariah 2:8

⁸For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.