Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev. New Living Translation Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev. English Standard Version And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. Berean Standard Bible And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev. King James Bible And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. New King James Version So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. New American Standard Bible Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. NASB 1995 Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. NASB 1977 And Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. Legacy Standard Bible And Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. Amplified Bible Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (the South country of Judah). Christian Standard Bible Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev. American Standard Version And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. Contemporary English Version Later, Abram started out toward the Southern Desert. English Revised Version And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. GOD'S WORD® Translation Abram kept moving toward the Negev. Good News Translation Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan. International Standard Version Then Abram traveled on, continuing into the Negev. Majority Standard Bible And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev. NET Bible Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev. New Heart English Bible And Abram traveled on, continuing toward the Negev. Webster's Bible Translation And Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south. World English Bible Abram traveled, still going on toward the South. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Abram journeys, going on and journeying toward the south. Young's Literal Translation And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south. Smith's Literal Translation And Abram will remove, going and removing to the desert. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south. Catholic Public Domain Version And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south. New American Bible Then Abram journeyed on by stages to the Negeb. New Revised Standard Version And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Abram picked up and he went on and picked up to the south. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Calling of Abram…8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD. 9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev. Cross References Hebrews 11:8-9 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. Acts 7:2-4 And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living. Romans 4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. Galatians 3:6-9 So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” / Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. / The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” ... Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. Romans 4:16-17 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. / As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. Hebrews 11:13 All 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. Romans 4:20-21 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, / being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised. Nehemiah 9:7-8 You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. / You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous. Isaiah 41:8-9 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— / I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. Joshua 24:3 But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac, Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him. Genesis 20:1 Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, Treasury of Scripture And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. going on still. Genesis 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; Genesis 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. Psalm 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; Jump to Previous Abram Continued Continuing Journeyed Journeyeth Journeying Moved Negeb Negev Onward South Towards TraveledJump to Next Abram Continued Continuing Journeyed Journeyeth Journeying Moved Negeb Negev Onward South Towards TraveledGenesis 12 1. God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.4. He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan. 6. He journeys through Canaan, 7. which is promised to him in a vision. 10. He is driven by famine into Egypt. 11. Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister. 14. Pharaoh, having taken her from him, is compelled to restore her. 18. Pharaoh reproves Abram, whom he dismisses. And Abram The name "Abram" means "exalted father" in Hebrew. This name is significant as it foreshadows God's promise to make Abram the father of many nations. Abram's journey is not just a physical movement but a spiritual pilgrimage, reflecting his obedience and faith in God's promises. Historically, Abram is a pivotal figure in the Abrahamic faiths, and his life is a testament to the covenantal relationship between God and His chosen people. journeyed on toward the Negev Verse 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. |