Genesis 26:8

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 {H748} time {H3117}, that Abimelech {H40} king {H4428} of the Philistines {H6430} looked out {H8259} at {H1157} a window {H2474}, and saw {H7200}, and, behold, Isaac {H3327} was sporting {H6711} with Rebekah {H7259} his wife {H802}.

But one day, after he had lived there a long time, Avimelekh king of the P'lishtim happened to be looking out of a window when he spotted Yitz'chak caressing Rivkah his wife.

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 62:5 (3 votes)

    For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.

  • Song Of Solomon 2:9 (3 votes)

    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

  • Proverbs 5:18 (3 votes)

    Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

  • Proverbs 5:19 (3 votes)

    [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

  • Proverbs 7:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

  • Judges 5:28 (3 votes)

    The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

  • Ecclesiastes 9:9 (2 votes)

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.