ﺗﻜﻮﻳﻦ 26:7 ~ Genesis 26:7

ف َسَألَهُ أهلُ تِلْكَ المَنْطَقَةِ عَنْ زَوْجَتِهِ. فَقالَ: «إنَّها أُختِي.» فَقَدْ خافَ أنْ يَقُولَ: «إنَّها زَوْجَتِي.» إذْ قالَ فِي نَفسِهِ: «سَأقُولُ إنَّها أُختِي لِئَلّا يَقْتُلُونِي طَمَعاً فِي رِفْقَةَ، لِأنَّها جَمِيلَةٌ.»

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”

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