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Genesis 26:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 26 · verse 7
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.Genesis 26:7 · King James Version
Genesis 26:7 in context
5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
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.
8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- RebekahRibqâhRibkah, the wife of IsaacH7259 →
- sisterʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- fearedyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- askedshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
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Isaac had now laid aside all thoughts of going to Egypt, and, in obedience to the heavenly vision, sets up his staff in Gerar, the country in which he was born (Gen 26:6), yet there he enters into temptation, the same temptation that his good father had been once and again surprised and overcome by, namely, to deny…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11