Genesis 26:7

New Century Version

His wife Rebekah was very beautiful, and the men of that place asked Isaac about her. Isaac said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to tell them she was his wife. He thought they might kill him so they could have her.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

Just before they arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know you are a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:13

Tell them you are my sister so that things will go well with me and I may be allowed to live because of you.”

Genesis 12:15

The Egyptian officers saw her and told the king of Egypt how beautiful she was. They took her to the king’s palace, and

Genesis 20:11

Then Abraham answered, “I thought no one in this place respected God and that someone would kill me to get Sarah.

Genesis 20:2

he told people that his wife Sarah was his sister. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this, so he sent some servants to take her.

Genesis 20:5

Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I am innocent. I did not know I was doing anything wrong.”

Genesis 24:16

She was very pretty, a virgin; she had never had sexual relations with a man. She went down to the spring and filled her jar, then came back up.

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Genesis 26:8

Isaac lived there a long time. One day as Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out his window, he saw Isaac holding his wife Rebekah tenderly.

Genesis 29:17

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was very beautiful.

Proverbs 29:25

Being afraid of people can get you into trouble, but if you trust the Lord, you will be safe.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of people, who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the one who can destroy the soul and the body in hell.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other. You have left your old sinful life and the things you did before.