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Genesis 20:1 Interlinear

“journeyed And Abraham country from thence toward the south and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar”

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Genesis 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּסַּ֨ע	H5265	journeyed	properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
2	מִשָּׁ֤ם	H8033		there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
3	אַבְרָהָם֙	H85	And Abraham	abraham, the later name of abram
4	אַ֣רְצָה	H776	country	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5	הַנֶּ֔גֶב	H5045	from thence toward the south	the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
6	וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב	H3427	and dwelled	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
7	בֵּין	H996		between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
8	קָדֵ֖שׁ	H6946	between Kadesh	kadesh, a place in the desert
9	וּבֵ֣ין	H996		between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
10	שׁ֑וּר	H7793	and Shur	shur, a region of the desert
11	וַיָּ֖גָר	H1481	and sojourned	properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);
12	בִּגְרָֽר׃	H1642	in Gerar	gerar, a philistine city

Genesis 20:1 (current)journeyed And Abraham country from thence toward the south and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar