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Bereshit 20:2

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2 ויאמר אברהם אל שרה אשתו אחתי הוא וישלח אבימלך מלך גרר ויקח את שרה׃

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Arcana Coelestia #1209

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1209. That 'Gerar' means things that have been revealed concerning faith, and thus in general means faith itself, becomes clear from the places where Gerar is mentioned, as in Genesis 20:1; 26:1, 17, whose meaning will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained later on.

  
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Genesis 26:1

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1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.