rsv Genesis:26:6-11 SEEK
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So Isaac dwelt in Gerar .
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When the men of the place asked him about his wife ,
he said , "
She is my sister ";
for he feared to say , "
My wife ,"
thinking , "
lest the men of the place should kill me for the sake of Rebekah ";
because she was fair to look upon .
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When he had been there a long time ,
Abim '
elech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife .
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So Abim '
elech called Isaac ,
and said , "
Behold ,
she is your wife ;
how then could you say , `
She is my sister '?"
Isaac said to him , "
Because I thought , `
Lest I die because of her .'"
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Abim '
elech said , "
What is this you have done to us ?
One of the people might easily have lain with your wife ,
and you would have brought guilt upon us ."
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So Abim '
elech warned all the people ,
saying , "
Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death ."