Genesis 26:8 meaning and explanation

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Genesis 26:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaac has settled in Gerar and, like his father Abraham before him, has passed Rebekah off as his sister out of fear that her beauty would get him killed. The ruse holds for a long time, until Abimelech, the Philistine king, happens to look down from his window and sees the two of them caressing.

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