Genesis 26:7 (WEB)
The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“This also did his son Isaac: for him too we know to have gotten a wife near of kin.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 7, and xxiv
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Tertullian
“…violence of suitors: which (injuriousness and violence) even the father of the faith, Abraham, greatly feared in regard of his own wife’s grace; and Isaac, by falsely representing Rebecca as his sister, purchased safety by insult!” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 6–11.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 23.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 23.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 23.