Genesis 26:11

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

Webster's Revision

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

World English Bible

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

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Definitions for Genesis 26:11

Charged - Burdened; weighed down.

Clarke's Genesis 26:11 Bible Commentary

He that toucheth - He who injures Isaac or defiles Rebekah shall certainly die for it. Death was the punishment for adultery among the Canaanites, Philistines, and Hebrews. See Genesis 38:24.