Genesis 20:5

20:5 Did Abraham ¹  not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ²  ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience ³  and with innocent hands!”

Genesis 26:7

26:7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” ⁴  He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, ⁵  “The men of this place will kill me to get ⁶  Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

[20:5]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:5]  ² tn Heb “and she, even she.”

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “with the integrity of my heart.”

[26:7]  ⁴ sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.

[26:7]  ⁵ tn 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.

[26:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “kill me on account of.”