Genesis 26:11
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 other translations
| BSB | So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.” |
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| WEB | Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.” |
| ASV | And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. |
| YLT | and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, ‘He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.' |
| DARBY | And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death. |
| BBE | And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death. |
| Webster | And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. |
What does Genesis 26:11 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:6-11
There is nothing in Isaac's denial of his wife to be imitated, nor even excused. The temptation of Isaac is the same as that which overcame his father, and that in two instances. This rendered his conduct the greater sin. The falls of those who are gone before us are so many rocks on which others have split; and the recording of them is like placing buoys to save future mariners. This Abimelech was not the same that…
Genesis 26:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 26:11
- Psalms 105:15
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
- Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
- Proverbs 6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- Zechariah 2:8
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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Context
- Genesis 26:10
And 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.
- Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
- Genesis 26:12
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
Genesis 26:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Abimelech mandó á todo el pueblo, diciendo: El que tocare á este hombre ó á su mujer, de cierto morirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abimélec commanda à tout le peuple, disant: Celui qui touchera cet homme ou sa femme sera certainement mis à mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Abimelech gebot allem Volke und sprach: Wer diesen Mann und sein Weib antastet, soll gewißlich getötet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui tetigerit hominis hujus uxorem, morte morietur. |