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Genesis 20:1-3 (NIV)

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¹ Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, ² and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. ³ But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 2) Genesis 26 - Issac (part I) (2016-10-04)
(v. 3) Genesis 20 - Abraham lies about Serah at Gerar (2012-01-13)

Definition(s):
Abimelech (Ab-immel-ekh): father of the king
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Gerar (Girr-ar): same as Gera
Kadesh (Keh-desh): holiness
Sarah (Seh-ra): lady; princess; princess of the multitude