7 E quando la gente del luogo gli faceva delle domande intorno alla sua moglie, egli rispondeva: "E’ mia sorella"; perché avea paura di dire: "E’ mia moglie". "Non vorrei", egli pensava, "che la gente del luogo avesse ad uccidermi, a motivo di Rebecca". Poiché ella era di bell’aspetto.
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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.”