Genesis 20:1

And Abraham removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

In Context

2And Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.

Genesis 16:1And Sarai the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:14Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 21:34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time 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 →

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