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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)