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|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 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.
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|And it happened, when he had been there many days, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through the window of his palace, and saw something strange: Isaac making sport with his wife Rebekah.
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|And it happened, when he had been there many days, Abimelech king of the Invaders looked through the window of his palace, and saw something strange: Isaac making sport with his wife Rebekah.
 
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|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.
 
|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.
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|Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Look here: this woman is your wife. Now why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said, "I was afraid I might die on her account."
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|Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Look here: this woman has got to be your wife. Now why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said, "I was afraid I might die on her account."
 
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|And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
 
|And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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|Abimelech instructed his people, saying, "Anyone who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death."
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|Abimelech instructed his people, saying, "Anyone who touches this man or his wife will incur a sentence of execution."
 
|The [[Hebrew]] repeats the concept of "put to death" for emphasis.
 
|The [[Hebrew]] repeats the concept of "put to death" for emphasis.
 
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|For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
 
|For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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|He acquired flocks, and herds, and a great many servants, and the Philistines were jealous of him.
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|He acquired flocks, and herds, and a great many servants, and the Invaders were jealous of him.
 
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|For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
 
|For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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|All the wells that his father's servants had delved in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines had stopped up and filled with soil.
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|All the wells that his father's servants had delved in the days of his father Abraham, the Invaders had stopped up and filled with soil.
 
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|And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
 
|And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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|Then Isaac re-delved the water wells that they had delved in the days of his father Abraham (the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham), and he gave them the same names that his father had given them.
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|Then Isaac re-delved the water wells that they had delved in the days of his father Abraham (the Invaders had stopped them up after the death of Abraham), and he gave them the same names that his father had given them.
 
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|And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
 
|And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
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|He called it Sheba. That is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.
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|He called it Sheba [or literally, "seven"]. That is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.
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|"Sheba" means "seven." This probably refers to the earlier pact of the seven sheep.
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|"Sheba" means "seven." This probably refers to the earlier pact of the seven sheep. The city name means "House of Seven."
 
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|Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
 
|Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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|These marriages brought bitterness of spirit to Isaac and Rebekah.
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|These marriages made Isaac and Rebekah very unhappy.
 
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