Abraham and Abimelech

201 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,

Other Translations of Genesis 20:1

King James Version

Abraham and Abimelech

201 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

English Standard Version

Abraham and Abimelech

201 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

The Message

Abraham and Abimelech

201 Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar,

New King James Version

Abraham and Abimelech

201 And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

New Living Translation

Abraham and Abimelech

201 Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 20:1

Commentary on Genesis 20:1-8

(Read Genesis 20:1-8)

Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead man, but Abimelech pleads ignorance. If our consciences witness, that, however we may have been cheated into a snare, we have not knowingly sinned against God, it will be our rejoicing in the day of evil. It is matter of comfort to those who are honest, that God knows their honesty, and will acknowledge it. It is a great mercy to be hindered from committing sin; of this God must have the glory. But if we have ignorantly done wrong, that will not excuse us, if we knowingly persist in it. He that does wrong, whoever he is, prince or peasant, shall certainly receive for the wrong which he has done, unless he repent, and, if possible, make restitution.