Genesis 20:1

And Abraham migrated from thence to the southern land, and dwelt between Rekam and Hagra; and he sojourned in Gerar.

Targum Onkelos

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 of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelek, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the frontier of Kenaanaah was from Zidon, coming to Gerar and to Azza, coming unto Sedom, and Amorah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.

Genesis 13:1And Abram went up from Mizraim, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, unto the south.

Genesis 16:1And Sara wife of Abram had no child; and she had an handmaid, a Mizretha, and her name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:14Therefore she called the name of the well, The well at which appeared the Angel of the Covenant: behold, it is between Rekam and Hagra.

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

Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham; and Izhak went to Abimelek, king of the Philistaee, 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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