Then they were able to destroy the cities in the area around Gerar, because the people there were terrified of the LORD. The army plundered all those cities and captured large amounts of loot.

These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.

until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha.

Abraham moved from Mamre to the southern part of Canaan and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Later, while he was living in Gerar,

There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

If only he would go ahead and kill me!

God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from his glorious might,

"Neither," the man answered. "I am here as the commander of the LORD's army." Joshua threw himself on the ground in worship and said, "I am your servant, sir. What do you want me to do?"

Please forgive me, sir, for any wrong I have done. The LORD will make you king, and your descendants also, because you are fighting his battles; and you will not do anything evil as long as you live.

Almost every day new men joined David's forces, so that his army was soon enormous.

Have you really rejected us? Aren't you going to march out with our armies?