Genesis 26:6-11

6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9 So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
10 Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

Cross References 7

  • 1. S Genesis 20:1
  • 2. S Genesis 12:13; Genesis 20:2,12; Proverbs 29:25
  • 3. S Genesis 10:14
  • 4. S Genesis 12:19
  • 5. S Genesis 12:18; Genesis 20:9
  • 6. 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 26:9; Psalms 105:15
  • 7. S Genesis 20:3
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