Génesis 26:7-9

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⁷Cuando los hombres de aquel lugar le preguntaron acerca de su mujer, Isaac dijo: «Es mi hermana^(A)»; porque tenía temor^(B) de decir: «Es mi mujer». Porque pensaba: «no sea que los hombres del lugar me maten por causa de Rebeca, pues es de hermosa apariencia^(C)». ⁸Y sucedió que después de haber estado ellos allí largo tiempo, Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, miró por una ventana y vio a Isaac acariciando a Rebeca su mujer.

⁹Entonces Abimelec llamó a Isaac, y le dijo: «Ciertamente ella es tu mujer. ¿Por qué, pues, dijiste: “Es mi hermana”?». «Porque me dije: “No sea que yo muera por causa de ella”», respondió Isaac.

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Genesis 26:7-9

New International Version

⁷When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” 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.”

⁸When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines^(B) looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. ⁹So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?^(C)”

Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”

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Genesis 26:7-9

King James Version

⁷And 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.

⁸And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

⁹And 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.

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Genesis 26:7-9

New King James Version

⁷And the men of the place asked about his wife. And ^(A)he said, “She is my sister”; for ^(B)he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is ^(C)beautiful to behold.” ⁸Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, ^[a]showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. ⁹Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”