7 And the men H582 of the place H4725 asked H7592 him of his wife; H802 and he said, H559 She is my sister: H269 for he feared H3372 to say, H559 She is my wife; H802 lest, said he, the men H582 of the place H4725 should kill H2026 me for Rebekah; H7259 because she was fair H2896 to look upon. H4758
Say, H559 I pray thee, H4994 thou art my sister: H269 that H4616 it may be well H3190 with me for thy sake; and my soul H5315 shall live H2421 because of thee. H1558
And the damsel H5291 was very H3966 fair H2896 to look upon, H4758 a virgin, H1330 neither had any man H376 known H3045 her: and she went down H3381 to the well, H5869 and filled H4390 her pitcher, H3537 and came up. H5927
And yet indeed H546 she is my sister; H269 she is the daughter H1323 of my father, H1 but not the daughter H1323 of my mother; H517 and she became my wife. H802 And it came to pass, when God H430 caused me to wander H8582 from my father's H1 house, H1004 that I said H559 unto her, This is thy kindness H2617 which thou shalt shew H6213 unto me; at every place H4725 whither we shall come, H935 say H559 of me, He is my brother. H251
And G2532 fear G5399 G575 not G3361 them which G3588 kill G615 the body, G4983 but G1161 are G1410 not G3361 able G1410 to kill G615 the soul: G5590 but G1161 rather G3123 fear G5399 him which G3588 is able G1410 to destroy G622 both G2532 soul G5590 and G2532 body G4983 in G1722 hell. G1067
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Commentary on Genesis 26 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 26
In this chapter we have,
Gen 26:1-5
Here,
Gen 26:6-11
Isaac had now laid aside all thoughts of going to Egypt, and, in obedience to the heavenly vision, sets up his staff in Gerar, the country in which he was born (v. 6), yet there he enters into temptation, the same temptation that his good father had been once and again surprised and overcome by, namely, to deny his wife, and to give out that she was his sister. Observe,
Gen 26:12-25
Here we have,
Gen 26:26-33
We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation.
Gen 26:34-35
Here is,