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Genesis 20:1

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Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foriegner in Gerar.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.
The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Gerar was a Philistine-area city in the southern coastal plain, where Abraham sojourned under Abimelech. Kadesh-barnea, the Negeb, and Shur mark the broader southern wilderness region between Canaan and Egypt, locating Abraham’s movement and setting up the covenant-protection episode that follows.

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Genesis 20:1 mentions Gerar, Kadesh-barnea, Negeb and Shur.

Gerar · Aaadir
Kadesh-barnea · Matson Collection
Negeb · ליאור גולגר

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