Genesis Chapter 12 verse 9 Holy Bible
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
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And he went on, journeying still to the South.
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And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
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And Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south.
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Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
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And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - And Abram journeyed (literally, broke up, e. g., his encampment, going on still - literally, going on and breaking up (cf. Genesis 8:3); "going and returning" - towards the south. Negleb, the dry region, from nagabh, to be dried, the southern district of Palestine (Genesis 13:3; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 24:62). The LXX. render, ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν, τῇ ἐρήμῳ. . Of this section vers. 5, 6, 8a are commonly assigned to the Elohist; and 7, 8b, and 9 to the Jehovist.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Toward the south.--The Negeb, or dry land, so called because the soil being a soft white chalk, the rains sink through it, and even in the valleys run below the surface of the ground. Though treeless, it is still rich in flocks and herds, but the water has to be collected in tanks and cisterns (Conder, Tent Work, ii. 87).
