Gen 26:7 | NETfull | 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.” ^{▼▼ Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.} He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ Heb “kill me on account of.”} Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”