Genesis 20:1

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Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur, and he lived temporarily in Gerar.

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  • Gen 26:6 : 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.
  • Gen 18:1 : 1 The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 Now there was a famine in the land, apart from the earlier famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 16:7 : 7 The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
  • Gen 16:14 : 14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is located between Kadesh and Bered.
  • Gen 10:19 : 19 The border of the Canaanites stretched from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
  • Gen 13:1 : 1 Abram went up from Egypt, he, his wife, all that belonged to him, and Lot with him, toward the Negev.
  • Gen 14:7 : 7 Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazezon-Tamar.
  • Gen 24:62 : 62 Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  • Gen 26:20 : 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
  • Gen 26:26 : 26 Meanwhile, Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.
  • Num 13:26 : 26 They came back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire assembly of the Israelites at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Paran. There they reported to them and showed them the fruit of the land.
  • Num 20:16 : 16 When we cried out to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
  • Deut 1:19 : 19 Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
  • Deut 32:51 : 51 This is because you acted unfaithfully toward Me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not honor Me as holy among the Israelites.
  • 1 Sam 15:7 : 7 Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  • 2 Chr 14:13-14 : 13 They struck down all the cities around Gerar because the terror of the Lord had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was a great amount of loot in them. 14 They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and captured large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 29:8 : 8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 20:2
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    2Abraham said about Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister,' and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

  • Gen 26:17
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    17So Isaac departed from there, pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

  • Gen 26:6
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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

  • Gen 21:34
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    34And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

  • Gen 12:9-10
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    9Then Abram set out and continued traveling toward the Negev.

    10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

  • Gen 26:1-2
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    1Now there was a famine in the land, apart from the earlier famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

    2The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 13:3
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    3He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

  • Gen 20:15
    74%

    15And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'

  • Gen 13:1
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    1Abram went up from Egypt, he, his wife, all that belonged to him, and Lot with him, toward the Negev.

  • Gen 20:10-13
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    10And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'

    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

    12Besides, she really is my sister—the daughter of my father though not of my mother—and she became my wife.

    13And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is the kindness you can show to me: Everywhere we go, say about me, ‘He is my brother.’”

  • Gen 11:31
    72%

    31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19Then Abraham returned to his young men, and together they set out and went to Beersheba, and Abraham settled in Beersheba.

  • Gen 24:62
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    62Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

  • Gen 12:5-6
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    71%

    5Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all their possessions that they had acquired, and the people they had gained in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you."

  • Acts 7:4
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    4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him to this land where you are now living.

  • Gen 21:21
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    21While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

  • Gen 20:17
    70%

    17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.

  • Gen 24:7
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    7The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's household and my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' will send His angel before you so that you can find a wife for my son there.

  • Gen 28:10
    70%

    10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

  • Gen 18:16
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    16When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off.

  • Gen 17:15
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    15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

  • Gen 26:23
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    23From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.

  • Gen 35:27
    69%

    27Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.

  • Gen 23:2
    69%

    2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

  • Gen 24:5
    69%

    5The servant said to him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land you came from?"