Gerar
Americannoun
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The quarrel of his servants about the wells with the Philistines of Gerar is based on the severe battles afterwards fought between the Philistines and Israel.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
He seems to be more occupied with the men of Gerar than with the One who was stronger than they.
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
On the whole, the story of Isaac’s wife at Gerar is briefer and not so elevated as that of Sarah, but the parallel to xxi. 22-34 is more detailed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Instead, he took his family into the land of the Philistines and lived for a time at a place called Gerar.
From The Farmer Boy; the Story of Jacob by J. H. Willard
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