Gen 26:9 | NET2full | STEP | So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said , “ She is really your wife ! Why did you say , ‘ She is my sister’ ?” Isaac replied , “ Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”

Genesis 26:9

9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “She is really ^{▼▼tn Heb “Surely, look!” See N. H. Snaith, “The meaning of the Hebrew אַךְ,” VT 14 (1964): 221-25.} your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’” Since the verb “said” probably means “said to myself” (i.e., “thought”) here, the direct discourse in the Hebrew statement has been converted to indirect discourse in the translation. In addition the simple prepositional phrase “on account of her” has been clarified in the translation as “to get her” (cf. v. 7).}