And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, As were all our fathers; Our days on earth are as a shadow, And without hope.
And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.