And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister”; for he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold.”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”

עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”

שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Abraham beg…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And the men of the place asked him. Moses relates that Isaac was tempted in the same manner as his father Abraham, in having his wife take…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife The inhabitants of Gerar inquired of Isaac who she was, whether she was …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 fat…