Abraham and Abimelech

20 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between (A)Kadesh and Shur; and he (B)sojourned in (C)Gerar.

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Abraham and Abimelek(A)

20 Now Abraham moved on from there(B) into the region of the Negev(C) and lived between Kadesh(D) and Shur.(E) For a while(F) he stayed in Gerar,(G)

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Isaac and Abimelech

So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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So Isaac stayed in Gerar.(A)

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God's Promise to Isaac

26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides (A)the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to (B)Abimelech king of the (C)Philistines.

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Isaac and Abimelek(A)

26 Now there was a famine in the land(B)—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines(C) in Gerar.(D)

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The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of (A)Kadesh.

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The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(A)

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13 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as (A)Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah[a] carried away very much spoil. 14 And they attacked all the cities around (B)Gerar, (C)for the fear of the Lord was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:13 Hebrew They

13 and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar.(A) Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed(B) before the Lord and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.(C) 14 They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror(D) of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there.

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18 And the Lord appeared to him by the (A)oaks[a] of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

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  1. Genesis 18:1 Or terebinths

The Three Visitors

18 The Lord appeared to Abraham(A) near the great trees of Mamre(B) while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent(C) in the heat of the day.

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(A)And Saul defeated the Amalekites from (B)Havilah as far as (C)Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(A) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt.

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51 (A)because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel.

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51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(A) in the Desert of Zin(B) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(C)

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Israel's Refusal to Enter the Land

19 “Then we set out from Horeb and (A)went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us. And (B)we came to Kadesh-barnea.

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Spies Sent Out

19 Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites(A) through all that vast and dreadful wilderness(B) that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.(C)

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16 And (A)when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and (B)sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

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16 but when we cried out to the Lord, he heard our cry(A) and sent an angel(B) and brought us out of Egypt.(C)

“Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.(D)

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26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at (A)Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

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Report on the Exploration

26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh(A) in the Desert of Paran.(B) There they reported to them(C) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.(D)

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26 When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and (A)Phicol the commander of his army,

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26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.(A)

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20 the herdsmen of Gerar (A)quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,[a] because they contended with him.

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  1. Genesis 26:20 Esek means contention

20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled(A) with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!”(B) So he named the well Esek,[a] because they disputed with him.

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  1. Genesis 26:20 Esek means dispute.