Gerar in the Bible
Meaning: pilgrimage, combat; disputepar
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And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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Verse Concepts From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived in Gerar,
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Verse Concepts Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.”
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Verse Concepts There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time.
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Verse Concepts So Isaac settled in Gerar.
So Isaac left there, camped in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there.
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Gerar » A city » A city of the philistines » Visited by isaac
Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
Asa and his army pursued the Ethiopians as far as Gerar. So many Ethiopians died that their army could not recover, because it had been shattered in the LORD's presence and in the presence of his army. The Israelis carried off a lot of plunder, too. They attacked all the cities that surrounded Gerar, because fear of the LORD had overwhelmed them. The Israelis spoiled all the cities, because there was a lot to plunder in them.
Gerar » A city » A city of the philistines » Abimelech, king of
Abraham traveled from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider,
So Isaac lived in Gerar.
Gerar » A valley
So Isaac moved from there and encamped in the Gerar Valley, where he settled. Isaac re-excavated some wells that his father had first dug during his lifetime, because the Philistines had filled them with sand after Abraham's death. Isaac renamed those wells with the same names that his father had called them. While Isaac's servants were digging in the valley, they discovered a well with flowing water. read more.
But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it. When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah. Then he left that area and dug still another well. Because they did not quarrel over that one, Isaac named it Rehoboth, because he used to say, "The LORD has enlarged the territory for us. We will prosper in the land."
But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it. When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah. Then he left that area and dug still another well. Because they did not quarrel over that one, Isaac named it Rehoboth, because he used to say, "The LORD has enlarged the territory for us. We will prosper in the land."
Gerar » A city » A city of the philistines
Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. The Canaanite border extended south from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Gerar » A city » A city of the philistines » Visited by abraham
Abraham traveled from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider,
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Gerar
So Isaac moved from there and encamped in the Gerar Valley, where he settled.