• Genesis 26:7
    The Bible in Living English

    • 7 And the men of the place asked about his wife, and he said “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say wife “for fear the men of the place should kill me on Rebekah’s account because she is so handsome.”

  • Genesis 26:7
    American Standard Version

    • 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.

  • Genesis 26:7
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 7 Then asked the men of the place as to his wife, and he said, My sister is she,—For he feared to say, My wife, lest [said he] the men of the place should slay me on account of Rebekah, for fair to look on she is.

  • Genesis 26:7
    King James Version

    • 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.