Genesis 12:9

Translations

Modern

And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

Traditional

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Literal

And Abram journeyed, going on and journeying toward the Negev.

Latin

Perrexitque Abram vadens, et ultra progrediens ad meridiem.

Original

Hebrew

English

And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

Notes

Genesis 12:8–9

Abram had to keep moving camp because the Canaanites had the fertile land.

Genesis 12:4–9

Abram obeyed God's calling and followed his commands (see study note on 12:1–3). He traveled to Canaan (12:4–6) and became a blessing (12:5–9).

Genesis 12:1–9

Through Abram's faith and family, God started to restore the blessing. God called Abram from a pagan world to start a new nation. His promises to Abram later became a covenant (chapter 15).
God's calling of Abram later helped convince the Israelites to leave Egypt and go to the land God promised to Abram. It also reminded the Babylonian exiles of their need to return to their own land (for example, Isaiah 51).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Babel: The Dispersion of Nations God’s Covenant with Abraham God’s Covenants God’s New Covenant Symbolic Numbers

Events

Abraham enters Canaanc. 1921 BC

Related verses

Genesis 13:3
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
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 24:62
Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Psalm 105:13
…they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Hebrews 11:13–14
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.

Parallels

Genesis 26:1–5 Acts 7:1–8

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Places

Negeb: The southern region of Israel, a semi-arid area

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Monotheism Nations Negeb, Negev Patriarchs, Period of the Promise

Topics

Courage: The Courage of Conviction: Abraham, in Leaving his Fatherland

Genesis 12:9

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