Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
7 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.
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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.”
8 When Isaac had been there for some time, King Abimelech looked down from his window and saw Isaac and Rebecca making love.
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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 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."
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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 "What have you done to us?" Abimelech said. "One of my men might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have been responsible for our guilt."
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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 Abimelech warned all the people: "Anyone who mistreats this man or his wife will be put to death."
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So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
12 Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the Lord blessed him.
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Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.
13 He continued to prosper and became a very rich man.
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The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
14 Because he had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him.
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He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15 So they filled in all the wells which the servants of his father Abraham had dug while Abraham was alive.
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So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are."
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Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
17 So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time.
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So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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