5. I will do this because your father Abraham obeyed me. He did what I said. He obeyed my commands, my teachings and my rules.”
6. So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7. Isaac’s wife Rebekah was very beautiful. The men of that place asked Isaac about her. Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to tell them she was his wife. He thought they might kill him so they could have her.
8. Isaac lived there a long time. One day as Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out his window, he saw Isaac. Isaac was holding his wife Rebekah tenderly.
9. Abimelech called for Isaac and said, “This woman is your wife. Why did you say she was your sister?”Isaac said to him, “I was afraid you would kill me so you could have her.”
10. Abimelech said, “What have you done to us? One of our men might have had physical relations with your wife. Then we would have been guilty of a great sin.”
11. So Abimelech warned everyone. He said, “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death.”
12. Isaac planted seed in that land. And that year he gathered a great harvest. The Lord blessed him very much.