Genesis 12:9

And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

In Context

8And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

10And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.

Genesis 20:1And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

Genesis 24:62And Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi; for he was dwelling in the south country.

Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on 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 →

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