Reference: Gedor
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A city in the mountains of Judah, surrounded by fat pastures, and formerly occupied by the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39; 12:7; Jos 15:58. It is now called Jedur, and lies about eight miles southwest of Bethlehem. Gedor is also the name of a man, 1Ch 8:31; 9:37.
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so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;
Easton
a wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Jos 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron.
(2.) 1Ch 4:39, the Gederah of Jos 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Ge 20:1,14-15; 6/1/type/emb'>26:1,6,14).
(3.) A town apparently in Benjamin (1Ch 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Jos 12:13).
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And Abraham brake up from thence, towards the land of the South, and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur, so he sojourned in Gerar.
Then took Abimelech sheep and oxen and men - servants and maid-servants, and gave to Abraham, - and restored to him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech, said, Lo! my land is before thee, - wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell.
And there came to be a famine in the land, besides the first famine which happened in the days of Abraham, - so Isaac went his way unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines towards Gerar;
So he came to have possessions of flocks gild possessions of herds, and a large body of servants, - and the Philistines envied him.
and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim, - fourteen cities, with their villages.
so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;
Fausets
1. Jos 15:58. A few miles N. of Hebron. Perhaps now Jedur between Bethlehem and Hebron, two miles W. of the road.
2. A town of Benjamin, to which belonged Jeroham, father of Joelah and Zebadiah, who "of Saul's brethren of Benjamite" joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:7).
3. Ancestor of Saul (1Ch 8:31; 9:37).
4. Among Judah's posterity (1Ch 4:4,18).
5. See GEDER. (1Ch 4:39.) Simeonite chiefs in Hezekiah's reign "went to the entrance of (rather as Keil, 'westward from') Gedor unto the eastern side of the valley to seek pasture for their flocks," and they dislodged the Hamites "dwelling there of old, and dwelt in their room." On the way between southern Judah and mount Seir. Septuagint reads "Gerar" (but Simeon's dwellings did not extend westward from Gerar, but were all E. of Gerar).
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These, are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
And, his wife, the Jewess, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.
so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;
Hastings
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These, are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These, are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
And, his wife, the Jewess, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.
And, his wife, the Jewess, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.
so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;
Morish
Gedor'
1. City in the highlands of Judah. Jos 15:58. Identified with ruins at Jedur, 31 38' N, 35 5' E.
2. Native place of Jehoram, a Benjamite. 1Ch 12:7.
3. Valley in the south of Judah, where the tribe of Simeon found rich pasture. 1Ch 4:39.
4. Son of Jehiel, a Benjamite. 1Ch 8:31; 9:37.
5. Son of Penuel, a descendant of Judah. 1Ch 4:4.
6. Son of Jered, a descendant of Judah. 1Ch 4:18.
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These, are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
And, his wife, the Jewess, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.
so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;
Smith
Ge'dor
(a wall), a town int he mountainous part of Judah,
a few miles north of Hebron. Robinson discovered a Jedur halfway between Bethlehem and Hebron, about two miles west of the road.