Genesis 26:8

And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerar leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah his wife.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebekah his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should slay him because of Rebekah, because she was fair.

9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

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Cross References

Judges 5:28The mother of Sisera looked down through the window out of the loophole, 1 Saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? 1 Why did the wheels of his chariots tarry? 1

Proverbs 7:6For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, 1 At one whom she may see of the senseless ones, 1 A young man void of understanding, 1

Song of Solomon 2:9My kinsman is like a roe 1 Or a young hart on the mountains of Bethel: 1 Behold, he is behind our wall, 1 Looking through the windows, 1 Peeping through the lattices. 1

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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