Genesis 26:9-11

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⁹ Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is your wife! Why did you say she is your sister?”

“Because I was afraid I would be murdered,” Isaac replied. “I thought someone would kill me to get her from me.”

¹⁰ “How could you treat us this way?” Abimelech exclaimed. “Someone might carelessly have raped her, and we would be doomed.” ¹¹ Then Abimelech made a public proclamation: “Anyone harming this man or his wife shall die.”