Genesis 12:9

Genesis 12:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

Context of Genesis 12:9

7The Lord appeared to Abram there. He said, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ So Abram built an altar in that place to worship the Lord. He did that because the Lord had appeared to him. 8Then Abram left Shechem. He went to the hills that are on the east of Bethel. He put up his tent in that place. Bethel was towards the west, and Ai was towards the east. Abram also built an altar there to worship the Lord. Then Abram took his tent and he left that place. He continued to travel towards the Negev. 10There was a famine in the land of Canaan. So Abram went to live in Egypt for some time, because the famine was very bad. 11When Abram came near to Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘Listen to me. I know that you are a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:9 word by word

וַיִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְנָס֖וֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Abramאַבְרָם'abrâm · AbramH87
• journeyedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• going onהָלַךְhâlak · to go: continueH1980
• toward the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045

Cross-references for Genesis 12:9

• Genesis 13:3Then Abram left the Negev and he went to different places. He arrived at Bethel. He returned to the place where he had put up his tent before. That place was between Bethel and Ai.
• Genesis 24:62At this time Isaac had returned from Beer Lahai Roi. He was now living in the Negev.
• Psalms 105:13They travelled among different nations and different kingdoms.
• Hebrews 11:13All these people continued to believe God until they died. But they did not receive all the things that God had promised to give them. They were like people who saw those things far away. That made them happy. These people understood that they lived as strangers and travellers on the earth.

Commentaries on Genesis 12:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 - The Call of Abram 6. שׁכם shekem Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where afterward is built the town called at first Shekem, then Flavia Neapolis, and now Nablous. אלון 'ēlôn “the oak;” related: “be lasting, strong.” מורה môreh In Onkelos “plain;” Moreh, “archer, early rain, teacher.” Here the name of a man who owned the oak that marked the spot. In the Septuagint it is rendered…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, He 11:8, 13, 14. But observe how much comfort Abram had in God. When he could have little satisfaction in converse with the Canaanites whom he found there, he had abundance of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Abram had to keep moving camp because the Canaanites had the fertile land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201. Now the Lord had said unto Abram--It pleased God, who has often been found of them who sought Him not, to reveal Himself to Abraham perhaps by a miracle; and the conversion of Abraham is one of the most remarkable in Bible history. Get thee out of thy country--His being brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God had probably been a considerable time before. This call included two promises: the first, showing the land of his future posterity…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 12:9

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In the dictionaries

• Abram
• Abraham, Abram
• Abraham
• Appear
• Fair
• Grievous
• Journey
• Noah
• Sojourn
• South

Commentaries on Genesis 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings