170. And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister? for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon. 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 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. Genesis xxvi. 7, 8, 9.