Gerar
Americannoun
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But again it may be said, if Isaac's position in Gerar was wrong, how do we read, "Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received the same year an hundred-fold: and the Lord blessed him."
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh
The blessings of his liberal hand might follow him during his sojourn in Gerar; but his presence could not there be enjoyed.
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh
Years after came Isaac and excavated the wells again; whereupon he had to fight with the men of Gerar for the possession of them.
From With Our Army in Palestine by Antony Bluett
Gerar is thus referred to in Chap. x.:
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh
There was a famine in Canaan, and Isaac went to Gerar in the land of the Philistines, and there dwelt, and sowed in that land, and received a hundredfold, for Jehovah blessed him.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
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