Genesis 13:1

Abram’s Solution to the Strife

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 

Genesis 20:1

Abraham and Abimelech

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,

Genesis 24:62

24:62 Now ⁵  Isaac came from ⁶  Beer Lahai Roi, ⁷  for ⁸  he was living in the Negev. ⁹ 

[13:1]  ¹ tn Or “the South [country]” (also in v. 3).

[13:1]  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.”

[20:1]  ³ tn Or “the South [country]”; Heb “the land of the Negev.”

[20:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he sojourned.”

[24:62]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.

[24:62]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the way of.”

[24:62]  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.

[24:62]  ⁸ tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.

[24:62]  ⁹ tn Or “the South [country].”