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Genesis 26:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 7 When the men of the place kept asking about his wife, he would say: “She is my sister.”+ He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he said, “The men of the place might kill me because of Re·bekʹah,” for she was beautiful in appearance.+

Genesis 26:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 7 When the men of the place kept asking about his wife, he would say: “She is my sister.”+ He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he said, “The men of the place might kill me because of Re·bekʹah,” for she was beautiful in appearance.+

Genesis 26:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 7 Well, the men of the place kept asking with respect to his wife, and he would say: “She is my sister.”+ For he was afraid to say “My wife” for fear that, to quote him, “the men of the place should kill me because of Re·bekʹah,” because she was attractive in appearance.+

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.