3389. Verses 8, 9 And it happened, because his days were prolonged for him there, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked through a window and saw, and behold, Isaac was laughing with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, But behold, she is your wife! So how did you come to say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Perhaps I may die because of her.
'It happened, because his days were prolonged for him there' means a state of reception. 'That Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked through a window and saw' means the doctrine of faith which has regard to rational concepts held within cognitions. 'And behold, Isaac was laughing with Rebekah his wife' means that Divine Good was present within Divine Truth. 'And Abimelech called Isaac, and said' means the Lord's perception from doctrine. 'But behold, she is your wife! So how did you come to say, She is my sister?' means, if it was Divine Truth, then it was not also rational truth. 'And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Perhaps I may die because of her' means that it would not be received.
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