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Genesis 26:7

But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּvai.yish.'a.Luand they askedH7592
אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
הַמָּקוֹם֙ha.ma.kOmthe placeH4725
לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹle.'ish.Toof wife hisH802
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.ti[is] sister myH269
הִ֑ואhi'sheH1931
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
יָרֵא֙ya.Re'he was afraidH3372
לֵאמֹ֣רle.Morto sayH559
אִשְׁתִּ֔י'ish.Tiwife myH802
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435
יַֽהַרְגֻ֜נִיya.har.Gu.nithey should kill meH2026
אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
הַמָּקוֹם֙ha.ma.kOmthe placeH4725
עַל־'al-onH5921
רִבְקָ֔הriv.KahRebekahH7259
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588
טוֹבַ֥תto.Vat[was] good ofH2896
מַרְאֶ֖הmar.'EhappearanceH4758
הִֽיא׃Hi'sheH1931

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain