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The Call of Abram

Genesis 12:9

In 11 translations

BSB
And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
KJV
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.going…: Heb. in going and journeying
WEB
Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
ASV
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
LSV
And Abram journeys, going on and journeying toward the south.
YLT
And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
DBY
And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.
DRC
And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south.
GNV
Againe Abram went forth going and iourneying toward the South.
JPS
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
LXXE
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְנָס֖וֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπῇρεν Ἅβραμ, καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

Who and where

👤 Abraham📍 Negeb◆ Abraham enters Canaan

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 13:3From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
  • Genesis 24:62Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  • Genesis 13:1So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
  • Hebrews 11:13–14All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Now…
  • Psalms 105:13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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