ge'-rar (gerar, "circle," "region"; Gerara): A town in the Philistine plain South of Gaza (Genesis 10:19), where both Abraham and Isaac ' sojourned for a time, and where they came into contact with Abimelech, king of Gerar (Genesis 20 and 26, passim).

Gerar (Jewish Virtual Library) A short discussion of Gerar based on its references in the Bible. Gerar (NET Bible) A compilation of Bible dictionary entries and maps related to Gerar. Tel Haror (BibleWalks) This page is a lengthy and well-illustrated guide to the site.

Gerar. Abraham left Hebron and for a time sojourned among the Philistines in Gerar which was in southern Canaan west of Beersheba. It was in Gerar that Abraham deceived King Abimelech (Gen. 20:1-18). 14. Beersheba. Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech.

Gerar (Hebrew: גְּרָר Gərār, "lodging-place") was a Philistine town and district in what is today south central Israel, mentioned in the Book of Genesis and in the Second Book of Chronicles of the Hebrew Bible.

Places in the Bible Today: Tel Haror.

Gedor, once occupied by the Amalekites, was given to Israel's tribe of Judah as an inheritance in the Promised Land. Gerar was one of the lesser cities under the control of the Philistines. It was conquered by God's people during the reign of Judah's King Asa (2Chronicles 14:13 - 14).

Bible Book: Genesis Type: Maps Location: Aleppo, Beersheba, Bethel, Canaan, Carchemish, Damascus, Edom, Euphrates River, Gaza Strip, Gerar, Hamath, Haran, Hebron, Jerusalem, Mount Seir, Nablus, Negev, Paddan-Aram, Peniel, Petra, Ramoth in Gilead, Shechem, Succoth Era: Israel’s founding fathers

Ge'rar. (a lodging-place). A very ancient city south of Gaza. It occurs chiefly in Genesis, Gen 10:19; Gen 20:1; Gen 26:17, also incidentally in 2 Chronicles 14:13-14. It must have trenched on the "south" or "south country" of later Palestine.

sit'-na (siTnah, "hatred," "hostility"; echthria): The name of the second of the two wells dug by the herdsmen of Isaac, the cause of further "enmity" with the herdsmen of Gerer (Genesis 26:21, margin "That is, Enmity").

Places in the Bible Today: about 3 km around Gerar (ancient): very high confidence. It may be: Aaadir, Danny Gershoni, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Bukvoed.