13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. 1 He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. 2
20:1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev 3 region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident 4 in Gerar,
24:62 Now 5 Isaac came from 6 Beer Lahai Roi, 7 for 8 he was living in the Negev. 9
1 tn Or “the South [country]” (also in v. 3).
2 tn Heb “And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all which was his, and Lot with him, to the Negev.”
3 tn Or “the South [country]”; Heb “the land of the Negev.”
4 tn Heb “and he sojourned.”
5 tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.
6 tn Heb “from the way of.”
7 sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿ’er lakhay ro’i) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.
8 tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.
9 tn Or “the South [country].”