Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south.

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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

In Context

8And he removed from thence to 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 erected an altar to the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:1And Abram returned from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 24:62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them , and embraced them , and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims 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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