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Gerar

Gerar (Biblical Place • 31.391°N, 34.561°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 20:1 , Gen 20:2 , Gen 26:1 , Gen 26:6 , Gen 26:20 . It is closely linked with Valley of Gerar (Biblical Place • Gerar • 31.391°N, 34.561°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:17 (identified with Gerar).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Ezra (Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah ): ( Ezra 7:1 ) Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra. (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4 , Ezra 7 , Ezra 10 ) Gera (Generation 26 • Child of Ard (or Addar ?)): Gera is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Ard (or Addar?), parent of Abihud . ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 ) (mentioned in Genesis 46 , Judges 3 , 2 Samuel 16 ) Perez (Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah ): ( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 ) Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 ) (mentioned in Genesis 38 , Genesis 46 , Numbers 26 ) Gera (Generation 31 • Child of Ahoah (or Ahiah )): Gera is a biblical figure in Generation 31, child of Ahoah (or Ahiah), parent of Shephuphan , Ehud . ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gerar (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 20:1 , Gen 20:2 , Gen 26:1 , Gen 26:6 , Gen 26:20 .) Valley of Gerar (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:17 (identified with Gerar ).) Esek (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:20 (identified with Gerar).) Sitnah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:21 (identified with Gerar).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 26:6 : "And Isaac dwelt in Gerar :"; Genesis 26:17 : "And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar , and dwelt there."; Genesis 20:1 : "And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar.". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 26 ( Genesis • Chapter 26 (35 verses)), Genesis 20 ( Genesis • Chapter 20 (18 verses)), 2 Chronicles 14 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (15 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Gerar
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 20:1 , Gen 20:2 , Gen 26:1 , Gen 26:6 , Gen 26:20 .

Valley of Gerar
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gerar • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:17 (identified with Gerar ).

Esek
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gerar • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:20 (identified with Gerar ).

Sitnah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gerar • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:21 (identified with Gerar ).

Genesis 26
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 26 (35 verses)

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham . And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar . And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn i... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Rebekah , Esau ( Edom ), Gerar , Egypt , Esek , Sitnah , Rehoboth 2 .

Genesis 20
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Genesis • Chapter 20 (18 verses)

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar . And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Kadesh 1 , Shur , Gerar.

2 Chronicles 14
99% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (15 verses)

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: For he took away the altars of the strange gods, ... Mentions: Abijah , David , Asa, Judah , Benjamin , Mareshah , Gerar , Jerusalem .

Genesis 10
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah , Shem , Ham , and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz , and Riphath, and Togarmah. Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth, Cush , Ham 2 , Gomer, Magog , Javan , Tubal .

Ezra
79% Gen 48
Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah

( Ezra 7:1 )Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra.

Gera
78% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Ard (or Addar?)

Gera is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Ard (or Addar ?), parent of Abihud . ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 )

Perez
77% Messianic Line
Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Gera
74% Gen 31
Generation 31 • Child of Ahoah (or Ahiah)

Gera is a biblical figure in Generation 31, child of Ahoah (or Ahiah ), parent of Shephuphan , Ehud . ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 )

Er
74% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:2-3 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) Er was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD took his life. ( Genesis 38:7 )

Judah
74% Messianic Line
Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Jair
71% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Segub

Jair is a biblical figure in Generation 27, child of Segub . ( 1 Chronicles 2:22 )

Zerah
71% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Judah

Zerah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah . ( Genesis 46:12 , Joshua 7:1 , 7:18 , Matthew 1:3 )

Er
71% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Er is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Shelah , parent of Lacah . ( 1 Chronicles 4:21 )

Gedor
70% Gen 28
Generation 28 • Child of Jeiel

Gedor is a biblical figure in Generation 28, child of Jeiel . ( 1 Chronicles 9:37 )

Eber (or Heber)
69% Messianic Line
Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Reu
68% Messianic Line
Generation 16 • Messianic Line • Child of Peleg

Reu is a biblical figure in Generation 16 of the Messianic Line , child of Peleg , parent of Serug . ( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:24-25 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:20-21 )

Jarah
68% Gen 35
Generation 35 • Child of Ahaz

Jarah is a biblical figure in Generation 35, child of Ahaz , parent of Alemeth , Azmaveth , Zimri . ( 1 Chronicles 9:42 )

Generation 25 • Child of Bela

Ard (or Addar?) is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Bela , parent of Gera . ( Numbers 26:41 , 1 Chronicles 8:3 )

Zur
67% Gen 28
Generation 28 • Child of Jeiel

Zur is a biblical figure in Generation 28, child of Jeiel . ( 1 Chronicles 9:36 )

דָּר
dar
H1848 Hebrew
generation, age

generation, age. Generation, epoch; 'His kingdom is from generation to generation' (Daniel 4:3, 34).

Er
67% Messianic Line
Generation 48 • Messianic Line • Child of Joshua

Er is a biblical figure in Generation 48 of the Messianic Line , child of Joshua , parent of Elmadam . ( Luke 3:28 )

Peleg
66% Messianic Line
Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Nahor
66% Messianic Line
Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug

Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line , child of Serug , parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 )

Bela
65% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Benjamin

Bela is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Benjamin , parent of Ezbon , Uzzi , Uzziel , Jerimoth , Iri . ( Genesis 46:21 , Numbers 26:38 , 1 Chronicles 7:6 , 8:1 )

Shem
65% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

גֵּר
ger
H1616 Hebrew
sojourner, resident alien, stranger

sojourner, resident alien, stranger. Resident alien living among Israel without tribal land; commanded to be loved as oneself because Israel was a stranger in Egypt (Leviticus 19:34).

Abram/Abraham
65% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Jephunneh
65% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Gad
65% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Gad is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel . ( Genesis 30:11 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 )

Jared
64% Messianic Line
Generation 6 • Messianic Line • Child of Mahalalel

Jared is a biblical figure in Generation 6 of the Messianic Line , child of Mahalalel , parent of Enoch . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:2 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:20 )

Caleb
64% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Eleazar
64% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 26:6 (KJV)
Genesis 26 KJV

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar :

Genesis 26:17 (KJV)
Genesis 26 KJV

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar , and dwelt there.

Genesis 20:1 (KJV)
Genesis 20 KJV

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar .

Genesis 20:2 (KJV)
Genesis 20 KJV

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 26:26 (KJV)
Genesis 26 KJV

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar , and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

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 Zeboiim , even unto Lasha .

Genesis 26:1 (KJV)
Genesis 26 KJV

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham . And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar .

Genesis 26:20 (KJV)
Genesis 26 KJV

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac 's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek ; because they strove with him.

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar ; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar : and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

O inhabitant of Aroer , stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb , and shall compass about to Goath.

And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon , throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon , throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah , of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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