Genesis 26:7

Amplified Bible

The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife”—thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is very beautiful.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Listen: I know that you are a beautiful woman;

Genesis 12:13

Please tell them that you are my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you.”

Genesis 12:15

Pharaoh’s princes (officials) also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken [for the purpose of marriage] into Pharaoh’s house (harem).

Genesis 20:11

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 20:2

Abraham said [again] of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem].

Genesis 20:5

Did Abraham not tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”

Genesis 24:16

The girl was very beautiful, a virgin and unmarried; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Genesis 26:8

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

Genesis 29:17

Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in and puts his confidence in the Lord will be exalted and safe.

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,