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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was DOM they_had_become_long to_him/it there the_days and_looked_out ʼₐⱱīmelek the_king of_[the]_Philistines through the_window and_he/it_saw and_see/lo/see Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) [was]_playing with Riⱱqāh his/its_wife/woman.
OET (OET-RV) Then when he’d been in that area for quite a while, the Philistine King Abimelech looked down from a window and saw that to his surprise, Yitshak was laughing together with his wife Rebekah.
וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֣י אָֽרְכוּ ל֥וֹ שָׁם֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים
and=he/it_was that/for/because/then/when long to=him/it there the=days
Alternate translation: “One day when he and his family had been there a long time,”
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
and,looked_out ʼₐⱱīmelek king Pelishtim
Alternate translation: “Abimelech who was king over the Philistines looked out” or “King Abimelech looked out”
בְּעַ֖ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן
behind the,window
Alternate translation: “from a window of his house”
וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה
and=he/it_saw and=see/lo/see!
In this context, behold means that King Abimelech was surprised at what he saw. Alternate translation: “and was surprised to see”
יִצְחָק֙ מְצַחֵ֔ק אֵ֖ת רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ
Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) caressing DOM Riⱱqāh his/its=wife/woman
There is a word play here in Hebrew (since Isaac and laughing come from the same root word). Isaac may have been laughing or flirting with Rebekah or physically touching her in an affectionate or intimate way, as a husband would do with his wife. Alternate translation: “that Isaac was flirting with his wife Rebekah.”
26:8 Abimelech . . . saw Isaac caressing Rebekah: The word for “caressing” (Hebrew metsakheq) is the same as the word used for Ishmael’s “making fun of” Isaac (21:9); the word is related to the name “Isaac” (Hebrew yitskhaq). It is as though Isaac’s lapse of faith made fun of Abimelech and made a mockery of Rebekah and the great promise embodied in Isaac’s name.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was DOM they_had_become_long to_him/it there the_days and_looked_out ʼₐⱱīmelek the_king of_[the]_Philistines through the_window and_he/it_saw and_see/lo/see Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) [was]_playing with Riⱱqāh his/its_wife/woman.
OET (OET-RV) Then when he’d been in that area for quite a while, the Philistine King Abimelech looked down from a window and saw that to his surprise, Yitshak was laughing together with his wife Rebekah.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.