Genesis 20:1
And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.
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Genesis 10:19And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as one goes to Gerar, up to Gazah; as one goes to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, up to Lesha.
Genesis 13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.
Genesis 16:1And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:14Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 21:34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:1
We are here returning to the story of Abraham; yet that part of it which is here recorded is not to his honour. The fairest marbles have their flaws, and, while there are spots in the sun, we must not expect any thing spotless under it. The scripture, it should be remarked, is impartial in relating the blemishes even of its most celebrated characters. We have here, I. Abraham's sin in denying his wife, and Abimelech's sin thereupon in taking her, ver. 1, 2 . II. God's discourse with Abimelech in a dream, upon this… Read the whole commentary →