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Genesis 20:1
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Genesis 20:1
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Abraham Deceives Abimelech
20 Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
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Genesis 26:1
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Genesis 26:1
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Isaac Deceives Abimelech
26 A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
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Genesis 26:1
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Genesis 26:1
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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)
Psalm 29:8
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Psalm 29:8
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8 The voice of the Lord makes the barren wilderness quake;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalm 29:8
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Psalm 29:8
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8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(A)
2 Chronicles 14:13-14
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2 Chronicles 14:13-14
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13 Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the Lord and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.
14 While they were at Gerar, they attacked all the towns in that area, and terror from the Lord came upon the people there. As a result, a vast amount of plunder was taken from these towns, too.
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2 Chronicles 14:13-14
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2 Chronicles 14:13-14
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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.
Genesis 18:1
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Genesis 18:1
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A Son Is Promised to Sarah
18 The Lord appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.
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Genesis 18:1
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Genesis 18:1
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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.
1 Samuel 15:7
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1 Samuel 15:7
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7 Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
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1 Samuel 15:7
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1 Samuel 15:7
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7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(A) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 32:51
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Deuteronomy 32:51
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51 For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[a] in the wilderness of Zin. You failed to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel there.
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- 32:51 Hebrew waters of Meribath-kadesh.
Deuteronomy 32:51
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Deuteronomy 32:51
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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)
Deuteronomy 1:19
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Deuteronomy 1:19
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Scouts Explore the Land
19 “Then, just as the Lord our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
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Deuteronomy 1:19
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Deuteronomy 1:19
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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)
Numbers 20:16
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Numbers 20:16
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16 But when we cried out to the Lord, he heard us and sent an angel who brought us out of Egypt. Now we are camped at Kadesh, a town on the border of your land.
Numbers 20:16
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Numbers 20:16
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Numbers 13:26
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Numbers 13:26
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26 to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
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Numbers 13:26
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Numbers 13:26
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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)
Genesis 26:26
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Genesis 26:26
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Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech
26 One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
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Genesis 26:26
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Genesis 26:26
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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)
Genesis 26:20
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Genesis 26:20
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20 But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”).
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Genesis 26:20
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Genesis 26:20
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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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- Genesis 26:20 Esek means dispute.
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