Genesis 20:1

New International Reader's Version

Abraham moved south into the Negev Desert. He lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar.

Cross References

Genesis 10:19

The borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar all the way to Gaza. Then they continued toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim all the way to Lasha.

Genesis 12:9

Then Abram left and continued south toward the Negev Desert.

Genesis 13:1

Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev Desert. He took his wife and everything he had. Lot went with him.

Genesis 14:7

Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat. En Mishpat was also called Kadesh. They took over the whole territory of the Amalekites. They also won the battle against the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

Genesis 16:1

Abram’s wife Sarai had never had any children by him. But she had a female slave from Egypt named Hagar.

Genesis 16:14

That’s why the well was named Beer Lahai Roi. It’s still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16:7

The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert. The spring was beside the road to Shur.

Genesis 18:1

The Lord appeared to Abraham near the large trees of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent. It was the hottest time of the day.

Genesis 21:34

Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Genesis 24:62

By that time Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi. He was living in the Negev Desert.

Genesis 25:18

His children settled in the area between Havilah and Shur. It was near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. Ishmael’s children weren’t friendly toward any of the tribes related to them.

Genesis 26:1

There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham’s time. Isaac went to Abimelek in Gerar. Abimelek was the king of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:20

But the people of Gerar who took care of their own herds argued with the people who took care of Isaac’s herds. “The water is ours!” the people of Gerar said. So Isaac named the well Esek. That’s because they argued with him.

Genesis 26:26

During that time, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar. His personal adviser, Ahuzzath, had come with him. So had his army commander, Phicol.

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Psalm 29:8

The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. The Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

Exodus 15:22

Then Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert. They didn’t find any water there.

Numbers 13:26

The men came back to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel. The people were at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There the men reported to Moses and Aaron and all the people. They showed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 20:16

But we cried out to the Lord. He heard our cry. He sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. “ ‘Now here we are at the town of Kadesh. It’s on the edge of your territory.

Deuteronomy 1:19

The Lord our God commanded us to start out from Mount Horeb. So we did. We went toward the hill country of the Amorites. We traveled all through the huge and terrible desert you saw. Finally, we reached Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 32:51

You and Aaron disobeyed me in front of the Israelites. It happened at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin. You did not honor me among the Israelites as the holy God.

1 Samuel 15:7

Saul attacked the Amalekites. He struck them down all the way from Havilah to Shur. Shur was near the eastern border of Egypt.