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For a while he stayed in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/20.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived for a time in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negev (the South country), and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived temporarily in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Abraham moved to the Southern Desert, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. Later he went to Gerar, and while there <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Abraham moved to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Abraham moved from Mamre to the southern part of Canaan and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Later, while he was living in Gerar, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Abraham traveled from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the Negev, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Abraham journeys from there toward the land of the south, and dwells between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourns in Gerar;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Abraham will remove from thence to the land of the south, and will dwell between Kadesh and between Shur, and will sojourn in Gerar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cedes and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />From there Abraham journeyed on to the region of the Negeb, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he resided in Gerar as an alien,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />From there Abraham journeyed toward the region of the Negeb, and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While residing in Gerar as an alien,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and settled between Rakim and Gadar, and Abraham sojourned in Gadar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Abraham picked up from there to the land of the south and he dwelt between Raqim and Gadar, and Abraham settled in Gadar.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Abraam removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/20-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4364" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/20.htm">Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">Now Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·sa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">journeyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">from there</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fs:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">to the region</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: han·ne·ḡeḇ (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">of the Negev</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and settled</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên- (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/6946.htm" title="6946: qā·ḏêš (N-proper-fs) -- Sacred, a place in the desert. The same as qadesh; sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert.">Kadesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7793.htm" title="7793: šūr (N-proper-fs) -- A desert region S.W. of Pal. on E. border of Eg. The same as shuwr; Shur, a region of the Desert.">and Shur.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1481.htm" title="1481: way·yā·ḡār (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road, i.e. Sojourn; also to shrink, fear; also to gather for hostility.">While he was staying</a> <a href="/hebrew/1642.htm" title="1642: biḡ·rār (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place S. of Gaza. Probably from garar; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city.">in Gerar,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Genesis 12:10-20</a></span><br />Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. / As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, / and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Genesis 26:1-11</a></span><br />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. / The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. / Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Genesis 13:1</a></span><br />So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-1.htm">Genesis 18:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Genesis 19:1</a></span><br />Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-22.htm">Genesis 21:22-34</a></span><br />At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. / Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.” / And Abraham replied, “I swear it.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Genesis 24:62</a></span><br />Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Genesis 26:23</a></span><br />From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-9.htm">Genesis 12:9</a></span><br />And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a></span><br />And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Genesis 16:7</a></span><br />Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Genesis 21:14</a></span><br />Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Genesis 25:18</a></span><br />Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a></span><br />and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Genesis 13:1</a></b></br> And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-1.htm">Genesis 18:1</a></b></br> And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Genesis 24:62</a></b></br> And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.</p><p class="hdg">Kadesh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-7.htm">Genesis 14:7</a></b></br> And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which <i>is</i> Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/16-1.htm">Genesis 16:1,7,14</a></b></br> Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name <i>was</i> Hagar… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Numbers 13:26</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">Gerar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-26.htm">Genesis 26:26</a></b></br> Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Genesis 26:1,6,20,26</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/14-13.htm">2 Chronicles 14:13,14</a></b></br> And Asa and the people that <i>were</i> 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… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Country</a> <a href="/genesis/18-33.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Dwelled</a> <a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/19-9.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Gerar</a> <a href="/genesis/13-11.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/genesis/16-14.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/genesis/13-18.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Negeb</a> <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Negev</a> <a href="/genesis/10-30.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Shur</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-23.htm">Sojourneth</a> <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">South</a> <a href="/genesis/10-30.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/genesis/18-22.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/genesis/13-11.htm">Traveled</a> <a href="/genesis/19-31.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/20-2.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Country</a> <a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/ruth/1-4.htm">Dwelled</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/genesis/20-2.htm">Gerar</a> <a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/genesis/26-17.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Negeb</a> <a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Negev</a> <a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Shur</a> <a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/genesis/21-34.htm">Sojourneth</a> <a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">South</a> <a href="/genesis/48-6.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/genesis/24-7.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/24-52.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">Traveled</a> <a href="/genesis/21-16.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Abraham sojourns at Gerar.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-2.htm">Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-3.htm">Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-9.htm">He rebukes Abraham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-14.htm">Restores Sarah;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">and reproves her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/20-17.htm">Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This movement reflects his obedience to God's call to leave his homeland and go to a land that God would show him (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1</a>). Abraham's life is marked by faith and trust in God's promises, even when the destination is unknown.<p><b>to the region of the Negev</b><br>The Negev is a desert region in the southern part of ancient Canaan, known for its arid climate and sparse vegetation. This area is significant in biblical history as a place where the patriarchs, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, often traveled and settled. The Negev's harsh environment required reliance on God's provision, symbolizing spiritual dependence.<p><b>and settled between Kadesh and Shur</b><br>Kadesh and Shur are locations with historical and biblical significance. Kadesh, often associated with Kadesh-barnea, is a site where the Israelites later camped during their wilderness wanderings (<a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Numbers 13:26</a>). Shur is a region near the northeastern border of Egypt, indicating Abraham's proximity to Egypt, a land he had previously visited during a famine (<a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Genesis 12:10</a>). This area represents a borderland, a place of transition and potential conflict.<p><b>While he was staying in Gerar</b><br>Gerar is a Philistine city-state located in the southern part of Canaan. It is ruled by King Abimelech during Abraham's time. The mention of Gerar introduces a narrative where Abraham's faith and integrity are tested, similar to his earlier experience in Egypt. This setting foreshadows the events where Abraham, fearing for his life, presents Sarah as his sister, leading to divine intervention to protect the covenant promise. Gerar's location and political context highlight the interactions between the patriarchs and the surrounding nations, emphasizing God's sovereignty and protection over His chosen people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelites, chosen by God to be the father of many nations. In this passage, he is journeying and settling in new regions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/negev.htm">Negev</a></b><br>A desert region in the southern part of ancient Israel. It is significant as a place of testing and faith for Abraham.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kadesh.htm">Kadesh</a></b><br>A location often associated with wilderness wanderings and significant events in Israel's history.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shur.htm">Shur</a></b><br>A region near Egypt, often mentioned in the context of journeys and divine encounters.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gerar.htm">Gerar</a></b><br>A Philistine city where Abraham temporarily resides. It becomes the setting for a significant event involving King Abimelech.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_uncertainty.htm">Faith in Uncertainty</a></b><br>Abraham's journey to the Negev and Gerar reflects a life of faith, trusting God in unfamiliar and potentially hostile environments. Believers are called to trust God even when the path is unclear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite Abraham's movements, God's plan and promises remain steadfast. This teaches us that God's purposes prevail regardless of our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Abraham's life demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's call, even when it leads to challenging situations. Obedience is a key aspect of a faithful walk with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_sojourners.htm">Living as Sojourners</a></b><br>Like Abraham, Christians are called to live as sojourners in this world, focusing on eternal promises rather than temporary dwellings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intergenerational_faithfulness.htm">Intergenerational Faithfulness</a></b><br>The events in Gerar foreshadow similar experiences for Isaac, highlighting the importance of passing down faith and trust in God to future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_penalize_abimelech,_not_deceiver.htm">Why would an omniscient God penalize Abimelech and his household in Genesis 20:18 when Abraham was the one who deceived him? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_abimelech's_gerar_in_genesis_20.htm">Is there any archaeological or historical evidence to support the presence of Abimelech or a kingdom in Gerar at the time of Genesis 20?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_gen_21_22-24_show_abimelech's_respect.htm">Does Genesis 21:22–24 align with any external sources suggesting Abimelech acknowledged Abraham’s authority in that region? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaac's_lie_in_gen_26_7_mirror_abraham's.htm">In Genesis 26:7, does Isaac’s deception about Rebekah mirror Abraham’s story too closely, suggesting the same incident was repeated or borrowed? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XX.<p>ABRAHAM'S DENIAL OF HIS WIFE AT GERAR.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Abraham journeyed from thence.</span>--That is, from Mamre, where he had so long halted, and which seems to have continued to be one of his homes. As he had been commanded to traverse the whole land (<a href="/context/genesis/13-17.htm" title="Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you.">Genesis 13:17-18</a>), we need seek no reasons for his removal. It was the rule of his life to move from place to place, both on account of his cattle, and also because by so doing he was taking possession of the country. There were, nevertheless, certain places which were his head-quarters, such as Bethel, Mamre, and Beer-sheba.<p><span class= "bld">The south country.</span>--It is a proper name, the Negeb; see Note on <a href="/genesis/12-9.htm" title="And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.">Genesis 12:9</a>. For Kadesh, see <a href="/genesis/16-14.htm" title="Why the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.">Genesis 16:14</a>; for Shur, <a href="/genesis/16-7.htm" title="And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.">Genesis 16:7</a>; and for Gerar, <a href="/genesis/10-19.htm" title="And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, to Gaza; as you go, to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.">Genesis 10:19</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Abraham journeyed</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/12-9.htm">Genesis 12:9</a>) <span class="cmt_word">from thence.</span> Mamre (<a href="/genesis/18-1.htm">Genesis 18:1</a>). In search of pasture, as on a previous occasion (Keil); or in consequence of the hostility of his neighbors (Calvin); or because he longed to escape from the scene of so terrible a calamity as he had witnessed (Calvin, Wilier, Murphy); or in order to benefit as many places and peoples as possible by his residence among them (A Lapide); or perhaps being impelled by God, who designed thereby to remind him that Canaan was not intended for a permanent habitation, but for a constant pilgrimage (Poole, Kalisch). <span class="cmt_word">Toward the south country</span>. Ne-<span class="accented">gob</span>, the southern district of Palestine (<a href="/genesis/12-9.htm">Genesis 12:9</a>; <a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Genesis 13:1</a>); the central region of Judaea being called <span class="accented">Hahor</span>, or the Highlands; the eastern, towards the Dead Sea, <span class="accented">Midhbar</span>; and the western <span class="accented">Shephelah</span> (Lange). <span class="cmt_word">And dwelled between Kadesh and Shur</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/16-14.htm">Genesis 16:14</a> and Genesis 16:7), <span class="cmt_word">and sojourned in Gerar</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/20-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now Abraham</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">journeyed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסַּ֨ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·sa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from there</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשָּׁ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the region</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣רְצָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Negev</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֔גֶב</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> </span><span class="str2">South country, the Negeb, south</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and settled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·šeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּין־</span> <span class="translit">(bên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Kadesh</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדֵ֖שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6946.htm">Strong's 6946: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kadesh -- 'sacred', a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Shur.</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁ֑וּר</span> <span class="translit">(šūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7793.htm">Strong's 7793: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shur -- a desert region Southwest of Palestine on eastern border of Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">While he was staying</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֖גָר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḡār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1481.htm">Strong's 1481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Gerar,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְרָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·rār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1642.htm">Strong's 1642: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gerar -- a place South of Gaza</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">OT Law: Genesis 20:1 Abraham traveled from there toward the land (Gen. 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