Gerar
Where Gerar sits on the map, and the 9 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Tel Haror
- Coordinates
- 31.3821, 34.6065
- Mentions
- 9 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
9 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 10:19
And the borders of Canaan went, as one travels, from Sidon to Gerar, even to Gaza, until one enters Sodom and Gomorrah, and from Admah and Zeboiim, even to Lesa.
- Genesis 20:1
Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 20:2
And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
- Genesis 26:1
Then, when a famine arose over the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar.
- Genesis 26:6
And so Isaac remained in Gerar.
- Genesis 26:20
But in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac, by saying, “It is our water.” For this reason, he called the name of the well, because of what had happened, ‘Calumny.’
- Genesis 26:26
When Abimelech, and Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the leader of the military, had arrived from Gerar to that place,
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 14:13
And Asa, and the people who were with him, pursued them as far as Gerar. And the Ethiopians fell, even unto utter destruction, for the Lord was striking, and his army was battling, and they were destroyed. Therefore, they took many spoils.
- 2 Chronicles 14:14
And they struck all the cities surrounding Gerar. For indeed, a great fear had overwhelmed everyone. And they despoiled the cities, and they carried away much plunder.