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Ramban on Genesis 21:32/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״א:ל״ב
אוַיָּשֻׁבוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים עִנְיָנוֹ וַיָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל עִירָם אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים, כִּי בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים הָיוּ, אֲבָל הֵם יוֹשְׁבִים בִּגְרָר שֶׁהִיא מְדִינַת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב בִּבְאֵר שֶׁבַע שֶׁהִיא בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּנַחַל גְּרָר:
1AND THEY RETURNED TO THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES. The sense of the verse is that they returned to their city which was in the land of the Philistines for they lived in the land of the Philistines. However, they abode in Gerar,360 which was the royal capital, while Abraham dwelled in Beer-sheba, which is in the land of the Philistines, in the valley of Gerar.361