Genesis 17-21

III. The gift of a son a demonstration of God’s mercy Soon after this, Abraham journeyed to the country of the Philistines near Gerar after having spent some time in the land between Kadesh and Shur. Gerar was in the land of Canaan to the south and west and was ruled by a man whose name was Abimelech. This Abimelech was a God-fearing man preserving a remnant of the true worship of Jehovah in Canaan. There were these few remnants for a long time after the flood where the worship of God was...