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Gen 26:8 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a window		Jdg 5:28; Pro 7:6; Sgs 2:9
sporting		Pro 5:18,19; Ecc 9:9; Isa 62:5

Correlating Passages

a window

	Jdg 5:28	The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
	Pro 7:6	For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
	Sgs 2:9	My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

sporting

	Pro 5:18	Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
	Pro 5:19	[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
	Ecc 9:9	Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
	Isa 62:5	For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 26:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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