And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he said, She is my sister: for he [a]feared to say, she is my wife, lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me, because of Rebekah, for she was beautiful to the eye.

So after he had been there a long time, Abimelech King of the Philistines looked out at a window, and lo, he saw Isaac [b]sporting with Rebekah his wife.

Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Lo, she is of a surety thy wife, and why saidest thou, She is my sister? To whom Isaac answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall die for her.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:7 Whereby we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful.
  2. Genesis 26:8 Or showing some familiar sign of love, whereby it might be known that she was his wife.

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