1 Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, 2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Genesis 20:1–2
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Genesis 26:1–2
1 Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar. 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell yo…
Genesis 21:33–34
33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God. 34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
Book of Jubilees 16:9–11
9 And, behold, it was commanded and engraven concerning all his seed, on the heavenly tablets, to remove them and root them out, and to execute judgment upon them like the judgment of Sodom, and to leave no seed of the man on earth on the day of condemnation. (JUB) 10 An… (JUB)
Genesis 26:5–7
5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7 But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since h…
Genesis 21:24–26
24 And Abraham replied, “I swear it.” 25 But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized, 26 Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
Book of Jubilees 24:7–9
7 And Jacob became the elder, and Esau was brought down from his dignity. (JUB) 8 And the famine was over the land, and Isaac departed to go down into Egypt in the second year of this week, and went to the king of the Philistines to Gerar, unto Abimelech. (JUB) 9 And the Lord ap… (JUB)
Genesis 12:8–10
8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev. 10 Now there was a f…
Genesis 26:16–18
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philist…
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