{"id":262,"date":"2007-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2007\/11\/genesis-2662612.html"},"modified":"2007-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"genesis-2662612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2007\/11\/genesis-2662612.html","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 26:6-26:12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So Isaac stayed in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, &#8220;She is my sister,&#8221; for he was afraid to say &#8220;my wife,&#8221; thinking, &#8220;The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.&#8221; When some time had passed, Abimelech king of the Philistines, looking out of the window, saw Isaac fondling his wife Rebekah. Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, &#8220;So she is your wife! 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