Gen 26:7 | NET2full | STEP | When the men of that place asked him about his wife , he replied , “ She is my sister .” He was afraid to say , “She is my wife ,” for he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful .”

‏ Genesis 26:7

7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” ^{▼▼sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.} He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, ^{▼▼tn Heb “lest.” The words “for he thought to himself” are supplied because the next clause is written with a first person pronoun, showing that Isaac was saying or thinking this.} “The men of this place will kill me to get ^{▼▼tn Heb “kill me on account of.”} Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”