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Genesis 20

Gen. 20:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
journeyed
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
from thence toward the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
country
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and dwelled
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
between Kadesh
Qadesh (Hebrew #6946)
sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Kadesh. Compare 6947.
Pronounce: kaw-dashe'
Origin: the same as 6945
andb Shur
Shuwr (Hebrew #7793)
Shur, a region of the Desert
KJV usage: Shur.
Pronounce: shoor
Origin: the same as 7791
, and sojourned
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
in Gerar
Grar (Hebrew #1642)
a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city
KJV usage: Gerar.
Pronounce: gher-awr'
Origin: probably from 1641
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Gen. 16:7,14• 7And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
 14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. (Gen. 16:7,14)
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Gen. 26:6• 6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: (Gen. 26:6)

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Cross References

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1:  Abraham sojourns at Gerar.
2:  Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech.
3-8:  Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream.
9-13:  He rebukes Abraham.
14-15:  Restores Sarah;
16:  and reproves her.
17-18:  Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer.
A.M. cir. 2107.
B.C. cir. 1897.
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Gen. 13:1• 1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. (Gen. 13:1)
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Gen. 18:1• 1And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; (Gen. 18:1)
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Gen. 24:62• 62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. (Gen. 24:62)
Kadesh.
Gen. 14:7• 7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. (Gen. 14:7)
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Gen. 16:1,7,14• 1Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
 7And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
 14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. (Gen. 16:1,7,14)
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Num. 13:26• 26And 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 showed them the fruit of the land. (Num. 13:26)
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Num. 20:16• 16And 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: (Num. 20:16)
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Deut. 1:19• 19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. (Deut. 1:19)
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Deut. 32:51• 51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. (Deut. 32:51)
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1 Sam. 15:7• 7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. (1 Sam. 15:7)
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Psa. 29:8• 8The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. (Psa. 29:8)
Gerar.Gerar was a city of Arabia Petræa, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah.
From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza.
Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey.
There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.
Gen. 10:19• 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Gen. 10:19)
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Gen. 26:1,6,20,26• 1And 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.
 6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
 20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
 26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. (Gen. 26:1,6,20,26)
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2 Chron. 14:13‑14• 13And 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.
 14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. (2 Chron. 14:13‑14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.