Genesis 26:7

and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he says, “She [is] my sister”: for he has been afraid to say, “My wife—lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she [is] of good appearance.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

In Context

6And Isaac dwells in Gerar;

8And it comes to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looks through the window, and sees, and behold, Isaac is playing with his wife Rebekah.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:13please say you [are] my sister, so that it is well with me because of you, and my soul has lived for your sake.”

Genesis 20:2and Abraham says concerning his wife Sarah, “She is my sister”; and Abimelech king of Gerar sends and takes Sarah.

Genesis 20:12and also, she is truly my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becomes my wife;

Proverbs 29:25Fear of man causes a snare, || And the confident in YHWH is set on high.

Ephesians 5:25The husbands: love your own wives, as the Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself for it,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:7-12

Isaac's Denial of His Wife. ( b. c. 1840.) 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said,… Read the whole commentary →

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