Genesis 20:1 Parallel Translations

Abraham moved to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar,(GOD'S WORD®)

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

DBY:

And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

WEB:

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

YLT:

And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;

Genesis 20:1 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 12:9 Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev.

Genesis 18:1 Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 26:1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:6 So Isaac lived in Gerar. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and {a} Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
(a) Which was toward Egypt.

WES:

20:1 And Abraham sojourned in Gerar - We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or, as some of the Jewish writers say, because he was grieved at Lot's incest with his daughters, and the reproach which the Canaanites cast upon him for his kinsman's sake. The king of Gerar sent and took her - To his house, in order to the taking of her to his bed.

MHC:

20:1-8 Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead man, but Abimelech pleads ignorance. If our consciences witness, that, however we may have been cheated into a snare, we have not knowingly sinned against God, it will be our rejoicing in the day of evil. It is matter of comfort to those who are honest, that God knows their honesty, and will acknowledge it. It is a great mercy to be hindered from committing sin; of this God must have the glory. But if we have ignorantly done wrong, that will not excuse us, if we knowingly persist in it. He that does wrong, whoever he is, prince or peasant, shall certainly receive for the wrong which he has done, unless he repent, and, if possible, make restitution.

CONC:

Departed Dwelled Dwelleth Dwelt Foreigner Gerar Journeyed Journeyeth Kadash Kadesh Negeb Negev Region Settled Shur Sojourned Sojourneth South Stayed Territory Thence Towards Traveled

Abraham Country Departed Dwelled Dwelleth Dwelt Foreigner Gerar Journeyed Kadesh Moved Negeb Negev Region Settled Shur Sojourned Sojourneth South Territory Thence Towards Traveled Way

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