Genesis 20:1
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.”Genesis 20:1
What Does Genesis 20:1 Mean?
Genesis 20:1 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 20, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 20:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 26:3“Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;”Genesis 25:18“And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.”Genesis 26:1“And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.”Genesis 26:6“And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:”2 Chronicles 14:13“And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.”Genesis 14:7“And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.”Genesis 16:7“And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”Genesis 18:1“And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;”Genesis 24:62“And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.”Psalms 29:8“The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.”Psalms 105:14“He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;”Genesis 10:19“And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.”Genesis 13:1“And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.”Genesis 21:34“And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.”Genesis 26:20“And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.”Genesis 26:26“Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.”Numbers 13:26“And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.”Numbers 20:16“And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:”Deuteronomy 1:19“And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.”Deuteronomy 32:51“Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.”
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