Genesis 26:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See here, she is certainly your wife! How did you [dare] say to me, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought, Lest I die on account of her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And 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 because of her.

Common English Bible

⁹ So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “She’s your wife, isn’t she? How could you say, ‘She’s my sister’?” Isaac responded, “Because I thought that I might be killed because of her.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And summoning him, he said: "It is clear that she is your wife. Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?" He answered, "I was afraid, lest I might die because of her."

Genesis 26:9 Cross References

Genesis 12:18

So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, ‘What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Genesis 26:10

Then Abimelech said, ‘What have you done to us? One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us.’

Genesis 26:8

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.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been among you all this time and you do not know me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father.   How can you say, “Show us the Father”?

Acts 12:11

When Peter came to himself, he said, ‘Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.’