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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 Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
 14Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. (Gen. 16:7,14)
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Gen. 26:6• 6And Isaac dwelt at 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, towards the south. (Gen. 13:1)
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Gen. 18:1• 1And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he sat at the tent-door in the heat of the day. (Gen. 18:1)
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Gen. 24:62• 62And Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi; for he was dwelling 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 at Hazazon-Tamar. (Gen. 14:7)
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Gen. 16:1,7,14• 1And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
 7And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
 14Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. (Gen. 16:1,7,14)
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Num. 13:26• 26And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land. (Num. 13:26)
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Num. 20:16• 16and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are at Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy border. (Num. 20:16)
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Deut. 1:19• 19And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw, on the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God had 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 hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel. (Deut. 32:51)
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1 Sam. 15:7• 7And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt. (1 Sam. 15:7)
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Psa. 29:8• 8The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah 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 Canaanite was from Sidon, as one goes to Gerar, up to Gazah; as one goes to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, up to Lesha. (Gen. 10:19)
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Gen. 26:1,6,20,26• 1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
 6And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.
 20But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
 26And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar. (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 to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.
 14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very 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.