Gerar

Gerar

Gerar - meaning lodging-place - was a Philistine town and district in what is today south-central Israel. Archaeological evidence points to the town having come into existence with the arrival of the Philistines at around 1200 BCE and having been little more than a village until 800-700 BCE.

Biblically, the town features in two of the three wife-sister narratives in Genesis. The Bible records that Abraham and Isaac each stayed at Gerar, near what became Beersheba, and that each passed their wife off as their sister, leading to romantic complications involving Gerar's Philistine king, Abimelech. () is probably the modern Wadi el-Jerdr.

It's interesting to see that Isaac did the same thing his father Abraham did when he went to Egypt in Genesis 12:11-12. Both Abraham and Isaac had beautiful wife, they were so beautiful that they thought that they had no option but to lie in order to save their lives.


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  • GERAR — (Heb. גְּרָר), a city and region in the Negev in which Abraham and Isaac dwelt (Gen. chs. 20, 26). Gerar was located on the way to Egypt and is mentioned in connection with Kadesh (identified in ancient sources with Petra and now mainly with ʿAyn …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • gerar — GERÁR s.m. (pop.) Ianuarie. – Din ger, după ianuar[ie]. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  GERÁR s. v. ianuarie. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  gerár s. m. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic …   Dicționar Român

  • Gerar — ist der Name eines Ortes in der Bibel, an dem sich Abraham, der Stammvater des Volkes Israel, eine Zeit lang niedergelassen haben soll (Gen. 20, 1). Der Ort befand sich im Süden Kanaans, das ungefähr das heutige Palästina und Israel mit Teilen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gerar — (a. Geogr.), in alter Zeit Hauptstadt eines Philisterstammes u. lag südlich von Eleutheropolis an der Südgrenze Kanaans. In dem Lande G. weidete schon Abraham u. Isaak. Bis hierher trieb König Assa die Kuschiten. In der christlichen Zeit kommt… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Gerar — Gerar, Philisterstadt an der Südgrenze Kanaans, 7 km südwestlich von Gaza, Aufenthalt Abrahams und Isaaks (1. Mos. 26,2), heißt jetzt Umm Dscherâr …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • GERAR — metropolis terrae Palaestinae, in qua natus est Isaac, quae olim terminus Chananaeorum fuit ad Auftralem plagam. Eius Rex fuit Abimelech temporibus Arbrahami …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • gerar — se em gerou se no ventre de sua mãe; gerou se burburinho na sala …   Dicionario dos verbos portugueses

  • gerar — v. tr. 1. Dar existência a; procriar; conceber. 2. Produzir, dar. 3. Ter. 4. Causar, originar. • v. intr. e pron. 5. Formar se, desenvolver se. 6. Nascer …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Gerar —    A region; 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 sojourned here, and perhaps Isaac was born in this place. Both of these… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Gerar Jarso — is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Gerar Jarso is bordered on the south by Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban, on the west by Gegem, and on the east by the Amhara Region. The major town in Gerar… …   Wikipedia

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