Genesis 26:7-9

Good News Translation

^7 (A)When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful. ⁸ When Isaac had been there for some time, King Abimelech looked down from his window and saw Isaac and Rebecca making love. ⁹ Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?”

He answered, “I thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife.”