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Genesis 20:1

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

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 26:6

    And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

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  • Genesis 26:1

    And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

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  • Psalms 29:8

    The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:13–14

    And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

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  • Genesis 18:1

    And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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  • Genesis 13:1

    And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

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  • Numbers 20:16

    And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

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  • Numbers 13:26

    And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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