OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 26:8

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When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

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Verse 8. His wife; using greater familiarity that a grave and virtuous man, like Isaac, would offer to do with his sister, or with another person’s wife.—Sin, or punishment, ( Menochius.) such as Abimelech’s father had formerly experienced. Bible.

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