Gen 20:1 | TSK | STEP | Abraham sojourns at Gerar. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. He rebukes Abraham. Restores Sarah; and reproves her. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from. Kadesh. Gerar.Gerar was a city of Arabia Petræa, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.

Genesis 20:1

1 Abraham sojourns at Gerar.

2 Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech.

3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream.

9 He rebukes Abraham.

14 Restores Sarah;

16 and reproves her.

17 Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer.

A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from.

13:1; 18:1; 24:62

Kadesh.

14:7; 16:1,7,14; Nu 13:26; 20:16; De 1:19; 32:51; 1Sa 15:7; Ps 29:8

Gerar.Gerar was a city of Arabia Petræa, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.

10:19; 26:1,6,20,26; 2Ch 14:13,14