Place
Gerar
Approximate location. The area is clear, but the exact site is not.
A town in the western Negeb. Both Abraham and Isaac lived here and said their wives were their sisters, and Isaac's herdsmen quarrelled over wells nearby. Asa later chased an invading army as far as Gerar.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Abraham, Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Sarah, Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
- Isaac, Genesis 26:6
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
- Rebekah, Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
- Asa, 2 Chronicles 14:13
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.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).