Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
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Genesis 20:1 in context
Genesis 20:1–4
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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.
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Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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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.”
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Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
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