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)

⁶ So Isaac stayed in Gerar.^(A)

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)

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.

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.

⁷ Then Saul attacked the Amalekites^(A) all the way from Havilah to Shur,^(B) near the eastern border of Egypt.

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)

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)