🌱WEB · Genesis 20:1

What does Genesis 20:1 mean?

"Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar."

— Genesis 20:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

2

Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.”

4

Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

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