11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: "Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
11 Then Abimelech gave orders to his people: "Anyone who so much as lays a hand on this man or his wife dies."
11 So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
11 Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: "Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 26:11
Commentary on Genesis 26:6-11
(Read 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 lived in Abraham's days, but both acted rightly. The sins of professors shame them before those that are not themselves religious.