Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he sayd, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife, least, sayde he, the men of the place shoulde kill me, because of Rebekah: for she was beautifull to the eye.
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Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my life may be preserued by thee.
Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.
Genesis 20:12Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.
Proverbs 29:25The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe 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 →