Genesis 26:7 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁷ 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.’

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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

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

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 12:15

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

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 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 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 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.

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.

Proverbs 29:25

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

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.

Ephesians 5:25

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

Colossians 3:9

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