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Genesis 26:8

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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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long^H748 time^H3117, that Abimelech^H40 king^H4428 of the Philistines^H6430 looked out^H8259 at^H1157 a window^H2474, and saw^H7200, and, behold, Isaac^H3327 was sporting^H6711 with Rebekah^H7259 his wife^H802.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי כִּי אָרְכוּ־לֹו שָׁם הַיָּמִים וַיַּשְׁקֵף אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּעַד הַחַלֹּון וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה יִצְחָק מְצַחֵק אֵת רִבְקָה אִשְׁתֹּו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֗י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
אָֽרְכוּ	'a.re.khu-	H748	HVqp3cp	they had become long
ל֥/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
שָׁם֙	sham	H8033	HD	there
הַ/יָּמִ֔ים	hai./ya.Mim	H3117	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ days
וַ/יַּשְׁקֵ֗ף	va/i.yash.Kef	H8259	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he looked down
אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	pe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines
בְּעַ֖ד	be.'Ad	H1157	HR	through
הַֽ/חַלּ֑וֹן	ha./cha.Lon	H2474	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ window
וַ/יַּ֗רְא	va/i.Yar'	H7200	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he saw
וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה	ve./hi.Neh	H2009	HC/Tm	and/ there!
יִצְחָק֙	yitz.Chak	H3327	HNp	Isaac
מְצַחֵ֔ק	me.tza.Chek	H6711	HVprmsa	(was) playing
אֵ֖ת	'et	H854	HR	with
רִבְקָ֥ה	riv.Kah	H7259	HNp	Rebekah
אִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ	'ish.T/o	H802	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	wife/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H40 — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek): from אָב and מֶלֶךְ; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites; Abimelech.
• H748 — אָרַךְ (ʼârak, aw-rak'): a primitive root; to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively); defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1157 — בְּעַד (bᵉʻad, beh-ad'): from עַד with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.; about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.
• H2474 — חַלּוֹן (challôwn, khal-lone'): a window (as perforated); window.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3327 — יִצְחָק (Yitschâq, yits-khawk'): from צָחַק; laughter (i.e. mochery); Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham; Isaac. Compare יִשְׂחָק.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H6711 — צָחַק (tsâchaq, tsaw-khak'): a primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport; laugh, mock, play, make sport.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7259 — רִבְקָה (Ribqâh, rib-kaw'): from an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock; fettering (by beauty); Ribkah, the wife of Isaac; Rebekah.
• H8259 — שָׁקַף (shâqaph, shaw-kaf'): a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle); appear, look (down, forth, out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

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