Genesis 12:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 13:3 : 3 And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
  • Gen 24:62 : 62 Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  • Ps 105:13 : 13 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.
  • Heb 11:13-14 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. 14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
  • Gen 13:1 : 1 Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 13:1-3
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    1Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

    2(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

    3And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

  • Gen 12:10
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    10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

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

  • Gen 12:4-8
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    4So Abram left, just as the LORD had told him to do, and Lot went with him.(Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)

    5And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    8Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 12:1
    74%

    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Josh 15:3
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    3extended south of the Scorpion Ascent, crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka.

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

  • Josh 18:18
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    18It crossed to the slope in front of the rift valley to the north and descended into the rift valley.

  • Gen 13:12
    70%

    12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

  • Gen 18:16
    70%

    16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

  • Gen 13:14
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    14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

  • Gen 26:23
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    23From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba.

  • Gen 11:31
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    31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.

  • Gen 28:10
    68%

    10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

  • Josh 19:12
    68%

    12From Sarid it turned eastward to the territory of Kisloth Tabor, extended to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

  • Gen 13:5
    68%

    5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

  • Heb 11:8
    68%

    8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

  • Gen 21:34
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    34So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.

  • Gen 18:33
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    33The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

  • Gen 13:9
    68%

    9Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

  • Gen 15:12
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    12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

  • Gen 22:19
    67%

    19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

  • Gen 33:12
    67%

    12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

  • Gen 12:14
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    14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.