Genesis 26:11 (WEB)
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“For both the king of Gerar and the king of the Egyptians were warned from Heaven not to harm Abraham, and another king not to harm Isaac, and others not to harm Jacob; while they were very few, and strangers, before he went over into Egypt to sojourn with his sons: which is understood to be herein mentioned.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 8–11.
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Tertullian
“…violence of suitors: which (injuriousness and violence) even the father of the faith, Abraham, greatly feared in regard of his own wife’s grace; and Isaac, by falsely representing Rebecca as his sister, purchased safety by insult!” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 6–11.
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