創世記26:7-11

26:7 那地方的人問到他的妻子，他便說：「那是我的妹子。」原來他怕說：「是我的妻子」；他心裡想：「恐怕這地方的人為利百加的緣故殺我」，因為她容貌俊美。
26:8 他在那裡住了許久。有一天，非利士人的王亞比米勒從窗戶裡往外觀看，見以撒和他的妻子利百加戲玩。
26:9 亞比米勒召了以撒來，對他說：「她實在是你的妻子，你怎麼說她是你的妹子？」以撒說：「我心裡想，恐怕我因她而死。」
26:10 亞比米勒說：「你向我們做的是甚麼事呢？民中險些有人和你的妻同寢，把我們陷在罪裡。」
26:11 於是亞比米勒曉諭眾民說：「凡沾著這個人，或是他妻子的，定要把他治死。」

⁷ When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
⁸ When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. ⁹ So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
¹⁰ Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
¹¹ So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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    以撒和父親亞伯拉罕也有些相似的地方，正如他們怕老婆太漂亮而喪命，常常要假裝是兄妹。還好亞比米勒上次吃了一次虧，現在他可小心了，他有注意去觀察以撒和利百家之間的互動，以致沒有鑄下大錯。

    上帝也透過亞比米勒保護了以掃夫婦，因為他下命令：「凡沾著這個人，或是他妻子的，定要把他治死。」

    這真是上帝的恩典，可以保守以撒夫妻，可以好好的享受上帝所賜的婚姻！上帝也是這樣恩待我們，讓我們有美好的婚姻生活！