Genesis 13:1

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“So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.”

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BSBPD

“So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 13:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
  2. 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,
  3. Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
  4. Joshua 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
  5. Joshua 18:5and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.
  6. 1 Samuel 27:10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
  7. 2 Samuel 24:7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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