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Genesis 26:7

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26:7When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.”15 He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,16 “The men of this place will kill me to get17 Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

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  1. 15 Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.
  2. 16 Heb “lest.” The words “for he thought to himself” are supplied because the next clause is written with a first person pronoun, showing that Isaac was saying or thinking this.
  3. 17 Heb “kill me on account of.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When the men of the place asked concerning his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking “the men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she was beautiful.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.