גְּרָר (Hebrew: Gerar)

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גְּרָר (Gerar) is an ancient Philistine city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, associated with the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac in the Book of Genesis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Philistine city
ancient city
biblical city
place in the Hebrew Bible
appearsIn Masoretic Text NERFINISHED
Septuagint NERFINISHED
appearsInChapter Genesis 20
Genesis 21
Genesis 26
associatedWith Abraham NERFINISHED
Isaac NERFINISHED
describedAs Philistine territory in Genesis
hasRulerInGenesisNarrative Abimelech NERFINISHED
hasUncertainArchaeologicalIdentification true
label Gerar NERFINISHED
גְּרָר
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedInTextualTradition Land of the Philistines NERFINISHED
Negev region NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
narrativeEvent Abraham prays for Abimelech in Gerar
Abraham presents Sarah as his sister in Gerar
Abraham sojourns in Gerar
Covenant between Isaac and Abimelech near Gerar
God warns Abimelech in a dream concerning Sarah in Gerar
Isaac presents Rebekah as his sister in Gerar
Isaac prospers and becomes wealthy in Gerar
Isaac sojourns in Gerar during famine
Quarrels over wells between Isaac’s herdsmen and herdsmen of Gerar
possibleArchaeologicalSite Tel Abu Hureira (proposed) NERFINISHED
Tel Haror NERFINISHED
regionInModernTerms northwestern Negev
southern Israel NERFINISHED
relatedPlace Beer-sheba NERFINISHED
Kadesh NERFINISHED
Shur NERFINISHED
religiousTextRole setting of patriarchal narratives
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
roleInNarrative place of covenant-making
place of divine-human interaction
place of moral testing for patriarchs
timePeriod patriarchal period (biblical chronology)

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Gerar hasNameForm גְּרָר (Hebrew: Gerar)