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Genesis 20:1

Genesis 20:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And Abraham journeyed (vide ) from thence. Mamre (). In search of pasture, as on a previous occasion (Keil); or in consequence of the hostility of his neighbors (Calvin); or because he longed to escape from the scene of so terrible a calamity as he had witnessed (Calvin, Wilier, Murphy); or in order to benefit as many places and peoples as possible by his residence among them (A Lapide); or perhaps being impelled by God, who designed thereby to remind him that Canaan was not intended for a permanent habitation, but for a constant pilgrimage (Poole, Kalisch).

Toward the south country. Negeb, the southern district of Palestine (; ); the central region of Judaea being called Hahor, or the Highlands; the eastern, towards the Dead Sea, Midhbar; and the western Shephelah (Lange).

And dwelled between Kadesh and Shur (vide and ), and sojourned in Gerar (vide ).

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