Genesis 26:7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 12:13

Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”

Genesis 12:15

Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 20:2

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 20:5

Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

Genesis 24:16

Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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.

Genesis 29:17

Leah had ordinary eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices