170. And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, _She
is my sister_? for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the
men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to
look upon. 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_. And Abimelech called
Isaac, and said, Behold of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst
thou, _She is my sister?_ And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, lest
I die for her. Genesis xxvi. 7, 8, 9.