Genesis 13:1

Abram’s Solution to the Strife

13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

Genesis 20:1

Abraham and Abimelech

20:1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

Genesis 24:62

24:62 Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.


tn Or “the South [country]” (also in v. 3).

tn Heb “And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all which was his, and Lot with him, to the Negev.”

tn Or “the South [country]”; Heb “the land of the Negev.”

tn Heb “and he sojourned.”

tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.

tn Heb “from the way of.”

sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿer lakhay roi) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.

tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.

tn Or “the South [country].”