Genesis 12:9
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
In Context
10And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
Genesis 20:1And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.
Genesis 24:62Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
Hebrews 11:13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:7-10
Abram's Devotion. ( b. c. 1921.) 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord , and called upon the… Read the whole commentary →