Genesis 26:7

New International Version

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

Cross References

Proverbs 29:25

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Genesis 20:2

and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

Genesis 12:13

Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

Genesis 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

Ephesians 5:25

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

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Genesis 20:5

Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

Genesis 12:11

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

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Genesis 26:8

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Genesis 29:17

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.

Genesis 12:15

And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.