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Abraham and Abimelech

20 Abraham traveled from there to the Negev[a] and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider, because Abraham kept saying about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister,” King Abimelech of Gerar summoned them and took Sarah into his household.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 20:1 I.e. the southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  2. Genesis 20:2 The Heb. lacks into his household