Genesis 20:1-3

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Abraham Tricks Abimelech

20 Abraham left Hebron [13:18] and traveled to ·southern Canaan [^Lthe Negev; 13:1] where he stayed awhile between Kadesh [16:14] and Shur [16:7]. When he ·moved to [sojourned/lived as an alien in] Gerar [^Cnorth of Kadesh and Shur; present-day Tell Abu Hureirah], ² he said to people about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister” [12:10–20; 26:1–11]. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this, so he sent some servants to take her. ³ But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, “You will die. The woman you took is married.”