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Genesis 20:1

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

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ASV

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

KJV

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּסַּ֨עvai.yi.Sa'and he set outH5265 →
מִשָּׁ֤םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033 →
אַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85 →
אַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzah[the] land of towardsH776 →
הַנֶּ֔גֶבha.Ne.gevthe NegevH5045 →
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427 →
בֵּין־bein-betweenH996 →
קָדֵ֖שׁka.DeshKadeshH6946 →
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
שׁ֑וּרShurShurH7793 →
וַיָּ֖גָרvai.Ya.gorand he sojournedH1481 →
בִּגְרָֽר׃big.Rarin GerarH1642 →

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Genesis 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.Genesis 26:6So Isaac settled in Gerar.Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.2 Chronicles 14:13Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunderPsalms 29:8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.2 Chronicles 14:13–14Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunderGenesis 18:1Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.Genesis 13:1So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.Genesis 26:26Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.Numbers 20:16and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.Genesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Deuteronomy 1:19And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,Genesis 26:20But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.Deuteronomy 32:51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.Genesis 24:62Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.1 Chronicles 16:20they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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