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Genesis 20

Gn. 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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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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Kadesh.
Gn. 14:7• 7Y volvieron y vinieron á Emmisphat, que es Cades, y devastaron todas las haciendas de los Amalacitas, y también al Amorrheo, que habitaba en Hazezón-tamar. (Gn. 14:7)
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Gn. 16:1,7,14• 1Y Sarai, mujer de Abram no le paría: y ella tenía una sierva egipcia, que se llamaba Agar.
7Y hallóla el ángel de Jehová junto á una fuente de agua en el desierto, junto á la fuente que está en el camino del Sur.
14Por lo cual llamó al pozo, Pozo del Viviente que me ve. He aquí está entre Cades y Bered.
(Gn. 16:1,7,14)
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Nm. 13:26• 26Y anduvieron y vinieron á Moisés y á Aarón, y á toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, en el desierto de Parán, en Cades, y diéronles la respuesta, y á toda la congregación, y les mostraron el fruto de la tierra. (Nm. 13:26)
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Nm. 20:16• 16Y clamamos á Jehová, el cual oyó nuestra voz, y envió ángel, y sacónos de Egipto; y he aquí estamos en Cades, ciudad al extremo de tus confines: (Nm. 20:16)
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Dt. 1:19• 19Y partidos de Horeb, anduvimos todo aquel grande y terrible desierto que habéis visto, por el camino del monte del Amorrheo, como Jehová nuestro Dios nos lo mandó; y llegamos hasta Cades-barnea. (Dt. 1:19)
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Dt. 32:51• 51Por cuanto prevaricasteis contra mí en medio de los hijos de Israel en las aguas de la rencilla de Cades, en el desierto de Zin; porque no me santificasteis en medio de los hijos de Israel. (Dt. 32:51)
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1 S. 15:7• 7Y Saúl hirió á Amalec, desde Havila hasta llegar á Shur, que está á la frontera de Egipto. (1 S. 15:7)
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Sal. 29:8• 8Voz de Jehová que hará temblar el desierto; Hará temblar Jehová el desierto de Cades. (Sal. 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.

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.