Genesis 26:8

When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

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WEBBE

When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

BSB

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

KJV

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

ASV

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

BBE

And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 כִּי ki that H3588 אָרְכוּ־ 'a·re·khu- they had become long H748 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 שָׁם sham there H8033 הַיָּמִים hai·ya·mim the days H3117 וַיַּשְׁקֵף vai·yash·kef and he looked down H8259 אֲבִימֶלֶךְ 'a·vi·me·lekh Abimelech H40 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh [the] king of H4428 פְּלִשְׁתִּים pe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 בְּעַד be·'ad through H1157 הַחַלּוֹן ha·cha·lon the window H2474 וַיַּרְא vai·yar' and he saw H7200 וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and there H2009 יִצְחָק yitz·chak Isaac H3327 מְצַחֵק me·tza·chek [was] playing H6711 אֵת 'et with H854 רִבְקָה riv·kah Rebekah H7259 אִשְׁתּוֹ 'ish·to wife his H802

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–11

There is nothing in Isaac's denial of his wife to be imitated, nor even excused. The temptation of Isaac is the same as that which overcame his father, and that in two instances. This rendered his conduct the greater sin. The falls of those who are gone before us are so many rocks on which others have split; and the recording of them is like placing buoys to save future mariners. This Abimelech was not the same that lived in Abraham's days, but both acted rightly. The sins of professors shame them before those that are not themselves religious.

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IsaacAbimelechRebekah

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.