Genesis 26:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ When Isaac had been there for some time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see  Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ After Isaac had lived there for some time, the Philistines’ King Abimelech looked out his window and saw Isaac laughing together with his wife Rebekah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place, Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window, saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.

Genesis 26:8 Cross References

Genesis 26:7

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.’

Genesis 26:9

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, ‘So she is really your wife! How could you say, “She is my sister”? ’ Isaac answered him, ‘Because I thought I might die on account of her.’

Proverbs 7:6

At the window of my house I looked through my lattice.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting  life,  which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle  under the sun.

Song of Solomon 2:9

My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. See, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice, crying out: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why don’t I hear the hoofbeats of his horses? ’