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Gerar - lodging-place - A very ancient town and district in the south border of Palestine, which was ruled over by a king named Abimelech. (Gen. 10:19; 20:1, 2) Abraham and Isaac sojourned here. Both of these patriarchs were denying their wives before the king, and both of them entered into a treaty with the king before they departed to Beersheba. (21:23-34; 26) The "valley of Gerar" (Gen. 26:17) is probably the modern Wady el-Jerdr.

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Gerar - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile (307 words)
	Gerar was located in the Western Negev, about nine miles southeast of Gaza and fifteen miles northwest of Beersheba.
	It was situated near the southern end of the Philistine Coastal plain on the inland route of the International Coastal Highway.
	Gerar was an important city in the Negev during patriarchal times.

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