Genesis 12:9

9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

Genesis 12:9 in Other Translations

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

9 Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.

9 Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.

9 Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.

Genesis 12:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed
He did not stay long in the mountain between Bethel and Hai, but moved from thence, and kept on journeying in the land of Canaan:

going on still toward the south;
the southern part of the land of Canaan, which lay nearest Egypt, into which he is said to go next, the occasion of which follows.

Genesis 12:9 In-Context

7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.

9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 13:1,3; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 24:62; Numbers 13:17; Numbers 33:40; Deuteronomy 34:3; Joshua 10:40