Genesis 26:9 - Modern English Version

⁹ Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘I might die on account of her.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See here, she is certainly your wife! How did you [dare] say to me, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought, Lest I die on account of her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

Common English Bible

⁹ So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “She’s your wife, isn’t she? How could you say, ‘She’s my sister’?” Isaac responded, “Because I thought that I might be killed because of her.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And summoning him, he said: "It is clear that she is your wife. Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?" He answered, "I was afraid, lest I might die because of her."

Genesis 26:9 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 12:18

So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What have you done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 26:10

Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might have easily lain with your wife, and you might have brought guilt upon us!”

Genesis 26:8

When he had been there a long time, Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Acts 12:11

When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I certainly know that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”