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Genesis 26:7
New English Translation
Genesis 26:7
New English Translation
7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.”[a] He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,[b] “The men of this place will kill me to get[c] Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”
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- Genesis 26:7 sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.
- Genesis 26:7 tn Heb “lest.” The words “for he thought to himself” are supplied because the next clause is written with a first person pronoun, showing that Isaac was saying or thinking this.
- Genesis 26:7 tn Heb “kill me on account of.”
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