CHAPTER EXPLORER
Genesis 20
FREE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
A little Scripture and hope in your inbox.
Get a short, Scripture-centered devotional and a practical step for your day. Read examples first.
18 verses in KJV · 207 outgoing cross-reference links
4top people shown
4top places shown
0events shown
18topics shown
Opening verses of Genesis 20 (KJV)
20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man’s wife.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1897 BC
Chronology and writer attribution are study metadata and may be disputed; they are not presented as inspired dates or universally agreed authorship claims.
Topics connected to this chapter
Places in this chapter
Cross-reference destinations
Numbers are accumulated cross-reference ranking/vote weight, not the number of separate links and not a measure of spiritual importance.
Original-language word-study starting points
H1931huhe/she/it · 11 occurrencesH40a.vi.me.lekhAbimelech · 10 occurrencesH85av.ra.hamAbraham · 8 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 8 occurrencesH430e.lo.himGod · 6 occurrencesH8283sa.rahSarah · 5 occurrencesH3808lonot · 5 occurrencesH1571gamalso · 5 occurrencesH9030nime · 4 occurrencesH2009hin.nehbehold · 4 occurrencesH1697da.varword · 4 occurrencesH9033ohim · 3 occurrencesH9032khyou · 3 occurrencesH7725shuvto return: return · 3 occurrences
These are frequent tagged terms in this chapter. Frequency alone does not establish interpretive importance.
Structured tags are navigation aids. Always read the chapter itself in context before drawing conclusions from a chart or count.