Genesis 26:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ 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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And the men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife–[thinking], Lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is attractive and is beautiful to look upon.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Common English Bible

⁷ When the men who lived there asked about his wife, he said, “She’s my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, The men who live there will kill me for Rebekah because she’s very beautiful.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife, he answered, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate, thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister. For he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.

Genesis 26:7 Tagairtí Cros

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 King Abimelech 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 virgin #– #no man had been intimate with her. 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 tender eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of mankind 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