Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gerar' occurs 10 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gerar' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.




2 Chr. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 10 0 10
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 0 10

Gen. 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Gen. 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Gen. 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Gen. 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Gen. 26:6
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Gen. 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Gen. 26:20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Gen. 26:26
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

2 Chr. 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.

2 Chr. 14:14
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.