(For the previous *famine, see Genesis 12:10.)

Gerar was a town that was west of Beer-sheba. It was near to the coast. The inhabitants were *Philistines.

‘Abimelech’ means ‘my father is king’. Every *Philistine king was called ‘Abimelech’. It was not the name of one king. Abraham had met Abimelech. (See Genesis 20:2-18.) But Abraham probably met the father of the Abimelech that Isaac met.

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