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Genesis 26:11

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

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  1. Genesis 26:9

    And 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Genesis 26:12

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

  4. Genesis 26:13

    And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

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