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So Abimelechוַ אֲבִימֶלֶךְcommandedיְצַוallאֶת כָּלthe people,הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whoever touchesהַנֹּגֵעַthisהַזֶּהmanבָּאִישׁor his wifeוּבְאִשְׁתּוֹwill surely be put to death.”מוֹת יוּמָת
Genesis 26:11
Study it in the app“So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:11, word by word
- So Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְavimelech
Abimelech
Abimelech, the name of Philistine kings of Gerar in the days of Abraham and of Isaac, and of other men, such as a son of Gideon. The name means "my father is king"; it may have been a title of the kings of that place.
Where else “avimelech” appears- commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
command
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “mor” appears- “Whoever touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- or his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- will surely be put to deathמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears
The context
10Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in that year a hundredfold; and YHWH blessed him.
To study Genesis 26 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?