Genesis 26:6-8

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⁶So Isaac stayed in Gerar. ⁷The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, “She is my ^[a]sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife”—thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is very beautiful.” ⁸It happened when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac ^[b]caressing Rebekah his wife.

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Footnotes

Genesis 26:7 When Abraham used this ploy, it was a half-truth; when Isaac said this it was a complete lie. At this time Isaac was at least seventy-five years old; Rebekah’s age at this time is not known.
Genesis 26:8 The name “Isaac” is based on the Hebrew verb translated “caressing,” whose primary meaning is “to laugh” (cf 17:19).