diff --git a/content/other/gerar.md b/content/other/gerar.md
index 3513bc93..25166869 100644
--- a/content/other/gerar.md
+++ b/content/other/gerar.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Facts: ##
 
-​Gerar is a city and region in the land of Canaan, located southwest of Hebron and northwest of Beersheba.
+​Gerar was a city and region in the land of Canaan, located southwest of Hebron and northwest of Beersheba.
 
 * King Abimelech was the ruler of Gerar when Abraham and Sarah settled there.
 * The Philistines dominated the region of Gerar during the time that the Israelites were living in Canaan.