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The word Gerar, among the Talmudists, seems to have passed into 'Gerariku.'
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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After Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, Abraham moved his tent and his camp away from that part of the land, and went to live near a place called Gerar, in the southwest, not far from the Great Sea.
The Wonder Book of Bible Stories Logan [Editor] Marshall
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Redeemer Church Sunday School - Genesis Class Genesis 20 “Abraham & Abimelech: Old Sins Repeated” Sunday 05-09-2010 Bryan E. Walker Read Genesis 20: 1-18 20: 1From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
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Redeemer Church Sunday School - Genesis Class Genesis 20 “Abraham & Abimelech: Old Sins Repeated” Sunday 05-09-2010 Bryan E. Walker Read Genesis 20: 1-18 20: 1From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
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For the so-called "territory of the Canaanites" extended only from Sidon southward in the direction of the famous stronghold "Gerar," but not entirely toward Gerar but only to Gaza.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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In other words, this section of Genesis is about variations of hospitality: Abraham's and Lot's generosity, the wickedness of Sodom and Abraham's fear that Gerar would act similarly.
Jay Michaelson: Who Are The Real Sodomites? Jay Michaelson 2011
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Right after Abraham's bargaining with God on behalf of Sodom comes the Sodom story, and right after that comes yet another story of hospitality, this time of Abraham and Sarah's visit to Gerar, where Abraham, fearing that the king will kill him in order to obtain Sarah, tells the king that Sarah is his sister.
Jay Michaelson: Who Are The Real Sodomites? Jay Michaelson 2011
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In other words, this section of Genesis is about variations of hospitality: Abraham's and Lot's generosity, the wickedness of Sodom and Abraham's fear that Gerar would act similarly.
Jay Michaelson: Who Are The Real Sodomites? Jay Michaelson 2011
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Right after Abraham's bargaining with God on behalf of Sodom comes the Sodom story, and right after that comes yet another story of hospitality, this time of Abraham and Sarah's visit to Gerar, where Abraham, fearing that the king will kill him in order to obtain Sarah, tells the king that Sarah is his sister.
Jay Michaelson: Who Are The Real Sodomites? Jay Michaelson 2011
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After the birth of the twins Jacob and Esau, the family takes refuge in the land of Gerar ruled by King Abimelech, where Isaac passes his beautiful wife off as his sister.
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