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Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

KJV

Perrexitque Abram vadens, et ultra progrediens ad meridiem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπῆρεν Ἀβρὰμ καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

LXX

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

ASV

וַ/יִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְ/נָס֖וֹעַ הַ/נֶּֽגְבָּ/ה

Hebrew

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People Abraham
Places Negev

In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
ה
h
noun · 111×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 13:1 — And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
  • Gen 13:1 — And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
  • Gen 13:3 — And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
  • Gen 20:13 — And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He
  • Gen 24:62 — And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
  • Gen 24:62 — And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
  • Num 13:17 — And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: