So Isaac settled in Gerar.
From there Abraham journeyed on to the region of the Negeb, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he resided in Gerar as an alien,
this because Abraham obeyed me, keeping my mandate, my commandments, my ordinances, and my instructions.
When the men of the place asked questions about his wife, he answered, “She is my sister.” He was afraid that, if he called her his wife, the men of the place would kill him on account of Rebekah, since she was beautiful.
