Genesis 26:7 Commentary: Rashi, Ramban, Haamek Davar & Radak

וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא כִּ֤י יָרֵא֙ לֵאמֹ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֔י פֶּן־יַֽהַרְגֻ֜נִי אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ עַל־רִבְקָ֔ה כִּֽי־טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽיא׃

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said: ‘She is my sister’; for he feared to say: ‘My wife’; ‘lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is fair to look upon.’

Rashi on Genesis

לאשתו means CONCERNING HIS WIFE, just as (20:13) “Say about me (לי), He is my brother”.
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy

Ramban on Genesis

AND HE SAID: SHE IS MY SISTER. They did not ask concerning the children for he would say, “They are my children from another woman.”
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy

Haamek Davar on Genesis

He said "she is my sister" and Yitzhak did not request from her that she also say this as Avraham did in a similar situation because Rivkah was exceedingly  submissive to Yitzhak as I wrote earlier at the end of Chapter 24 and for this reason did not deviate from his will in any way.
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy