When Hagar [mother of Ishmael] ran away from Sarah I think she got to around Netivot because she found a spring and called it, “The spring of the God who appeared to me,” and that was between kedesh and bared, (and the Targum Onklus says those towns were called Rekem and Chagar). Later when Abraham went to the land of the Philistines he was also between Kedeh and Shur which Onklus also translates to mean between rekem and chagar.[ So that is the same place] and from there Abraham went to the capital city of the philistines which was Gerar at that time. [That was at present day Netivot. Yet at the time Hagar ran away, Abraham was in Hebron. o before Hagar ran way she had to have prepared hiking gear plus she must have noted down the places where there were streams or springs because she could not have made it from Hebron to what is today the area around Netivot on foot in the hot sun without being well prepared. [I dare you to try it and you will see what I mean] Also I would like to mention that that same area is where Isaac met Rebeka and where he lived for some time after he returned from the akedah. [When Abraham and Isaac returned from the akedah, they were in beer sheva. but later Isaac lived at that same place where Hagar found “The well of the God who appeared to me.” That was near or in the land of the Philistines. Then Isaac went to Gerar like his father and then later went back to beer sheva after having trouble with the Philistines as had happened with Abraham. -----------------------------------When הגר [mother of ישמאל] ran away from שרה I think she got to around נתיבות because she found a spring and called it, “באר לחי ראי,” and that was between קדשand ברד, (and the תרגום אונקלסsays those towns were called רקם and חגר). Later when אברהם went to the land of the פלישתים he was also between קדש and שור which אונקלס also translates to mean between רקםand חגר.[ So that is the same place] and from there אברהם went to the capital city of the פלישתים which was גרר at that time. [That was at present day נתיבות. Yet at the time הגר ran away, אברהם was in חברון. o before הגר ran way she had to have prepared hiking gear plus she must have noted down the places where there were streams or springs because she could not have made it from חברון to what is today the area around נתיבות on foot in the hot sun without being well prepared. [I dare you to try it and you will see what I mean.] Also, I would like to mention that that same area is where יצחקmet רבקה and where he lived for some time after he returned from the עקידה. [When אברהם and יצחקreturned from the עקידה, they were in beer sheva. but later יצחקlived at that same place where הגר found “באר לחי ראי.” That was near or in the land of the פלישתים. Then יצחקwent to גרר like his father and then later went back to באר שבע after having trouble with the פלישתים as had happened with אברהם.---------------------------