Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”Genesis 26:9 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૨૬:૯
- અબીમેલેખે ઇસહાકને બોલાવીને કહ્યું, “જો, તે નિશ્ચે તારી પત્ની છે. તો પછી તું એમ કેમ બોલ્યો કે, ‘તે મારી બહેન છે?’ ઇસહાકે તેને કહ્યું, “મેં એવું વિચારેલું કે તેને પડાવી લેવા માટે કદાચ મને કોઈ મારી નાખે.”
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति २६:९
- तब अबीमेलेक ने इसहाक को बुलवाकर कहा, “वह तो निश्चय तेरी पत्नी है; फिर तूने क्यों उसको अपनी बहन कहा?” इसहाक ने उत्तर दिया, “मैंने सोचा था, कि ऐसा न हो कि उसके कारण मेरी मृत्यु हो।”
In context
7The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”
8When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
9Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”
10Abimelech 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 on us!”
11Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
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