Genesis 26:7

New English Translation

⁷When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.”^[a] He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,^[b] “The men of this place will kill me to get^[c] Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 26:7 sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.
Genesis 26:7 tn 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.
Genesis 26:7 tn Heb “kill me on account of.”

Genesis 26:7

King James Version

⁷And 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.

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Genesis 26:7

New International Version

⁷When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” 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.”

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Genesis 26:7

English Standard Version

⁷When the men of the place asked him about his wife, ^(A)he said, “She is my sister,” for ^(B)he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because ^(C)she was attractive in appearance.

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Genesis 26:7

New King James Version

⁷And the men of the place asked about his wife. And ^(A)he said, “She is my sister”; for ^(B)he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is ^(C)beautiful to behold.”