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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Gill's Exposition
And Abimelech called Isaac,.... Sent a messenger to desire him to come to him:
and said, behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and then perhaps told him of what he had observed that passed between…
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק choq, “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, “law,” doctrine,…
Adam Clarke
Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife - Whatever may be the precise meaning of the word, it evidently implies that there were liberties taken and freedom used on the occasion, which were not lawful…
Isaac had now laid aside all thoughts of going to Egypt, and, in obedience to the heavenly vision, sets up his staff in Gerar, the country in which he was born (Gen 26:6), yet there he enters into…
Cambridge Bible
at a window The account suggests that Isaac and Rebekah were in the courtyard overlooked by the king's residence. Cf. 2Sa 11:2.
sporting See Gen 21:9 marg., "playing." The word in the original is the…
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