Genesis 20:1-2

Abraham and Abimelech

1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between p Kadesh and Shur; and he q sojourned in r Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, s "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 16:7
    The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
    Genesis 16:14
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 26:3
    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 26:6
    So Isaac settled in Gerar.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 12:13 - 20
    Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.
    Genesis 26:7 - 11
    When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
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