Genesis 12:9

After that they were going southwards, camp after camp, they were going towards the desert.

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In The King James Version

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

In Context

8After that they went southwards to the hilly country east of what's-that-place, Bethel. They made a camp east of Bethel and west of what's-that-place, Ai, there they put their tents. Again he gathered stones, he made a heap, there he worshipped God.

10After that the country became dry, without water, without food. Abram and his animals were staying in a bad way. After that Abram and his mob left that country, they went westwards to that country, to Egypt, to make camp there.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:1After that Abram left Egypt. He took his wife and his own younger brother's son Lot, he took all his belongings. Going they all returned to the dry country of Canaan.

Genesis 24:62At that time Isaac was in the south of Canaan country, in the area of the water-hole, what's-its-name, Lahai-Roi.

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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