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Consider this repetition of his old fault with regard to —

I. Its causes.

1. Recent experience of the corruption of the world.

2. False prudence.

3. Exaggerated confidence.

4. The brotherly relation to Sarah.

5. The probable issue of the case in Egypt.

II. Its natural results.

1. Anxiety and danger.

2. Shame before a heathen's princely court.

III. Its gracious issue through the interference of God.

(Lange.)

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

WEB: Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.