Genesis 12:9

After that he went on his way, heading towards the Negev.

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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

In Context

8Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.

10But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:1So Abram left Egypt and went back into the Negev along with Sarai, Lot, and everyone with them, as well as all their possessions.

Genesis 20:1Abraham traveled towards the Negev, staying between Kadesh and Shur. After that he moved on to live in Gerar.

Genesis 24:62Meanwhile Isaac, who was living in the Negev, had just come back from Beer-lahai-roi.

Hebrews 11:13They all died still trusting in God. Though they didn't receive the things God promised, they were still looking for them as it were from a distance and welcomed them, acknowledging that on this earth they were foreigners, people just passing through.

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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