Genesis 20:1

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
KJV
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
WEB
Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
ASV
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.
DARBY
And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.
BLB
And Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev, and he dwelt between Kadesh and between Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar.
ÅB
Så dro Abraham derfra til sydlandet og bodde mellom Kades og Sur, og siden oppholdt han seg en tid i Gerar.
OTB
Nå reiste Abraham derfra mot Negev-området og bosatte seg mellom Kadesj og Sjur; han ble en tid i Gerar.
B1930
Så drog Abraham derfra til sydlandet og bodde mellem Kades og Sur, og siden opholdt han sig en tid i Gerar.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 26:6

    So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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  • Genesis 26:1

    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

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  • Psalms 29:8

    The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:13–14

    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

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  • Genesis 18:1

    Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

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  • Genesis 13:1

    So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

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  • Numbers 20:16

    and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

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  • Numbers 13:26

    and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

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