Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife. Bronze bas relief by French sculptor Henri de Triqueti with assistance from Etienne Hippolyte Maindron (1834-1841) on the main doors of the Madeleine Church (Église de la Madeleine) in Paris, France. God appearing to Abimelech in a dream, to stop him committing adultery with Abraham's wife Sarah is depicted to illustrate one of the Ten Commandments.

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