Genesis 26:7

Legacy Standard Bible

Then the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful in appearance.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

And it happened as he drew near to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Now behold, I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance;

Genesis 12:13

Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.”

Genesis 12:15

And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, “Because I said, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Genesis 20:2

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:5

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

Genesis 24:16

Now the young woman was very beautiful in appearance, a virgin, and no man had known her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Genesis 26:8

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

Genesis 29:17

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

Proverbs 29:25

Trembling before man brings a snare, But he who trusts in Yahweh will be set securely on high.

Matthew 10:28

And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ephesians 5:25

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

Colossians 3:9

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