So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abram went up out of Egypt — he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him — into the South.
- KJV And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
- BSB So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
- NKJV Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.
- NLT So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
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Quick answer
Abram returned from Egypt to the Negev with his family and wealth. He comes back to the land of promise.
Overview
Abram goes up out of Egypt restored to the land God gave him, accompanied by Sarai, Lot, and his possessions. The return marks a fresh start after the Egyptian failure. It signals God's patient grace in bringing his servant back to the place of promise and worship.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 12:9–20Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
- 2 Sam 24:7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
- Josh 10:40So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
- Gen 21:33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
- Josh 18:5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.
- Gen 20:1Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
- 1 Sam 27:10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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