Genesis · Bereshit

Genesis 26:9

וַיִּקְרָא אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְיִצְחָק
King James Version (KJV)

So Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

Modern English

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?’” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

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