Genesis 12:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.”
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BSBPD
“And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 12:9 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:1So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
- Genesis 13:3From 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 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- Genesis 20:13So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
- Genesis 24:62Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
- Psalms 105:13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
- Hebrews 11:13All 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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