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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They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.
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/net'>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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Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,
So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. Then Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please."
There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) -- a total of fourteen cities and their towns.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.
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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Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.
Hastings
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Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.
(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.
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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Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.
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.