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Genesis 12:9

Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Abram journeyed,.... He did not stay long in the mountain between Bethel and Hai, but moved from thence, and kept on journeying in the land of Canaan:

going on still toward the south; the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 12:1-9

- 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 12:6-9

One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he would have been introduced with all possible…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

toward the South Heb. Negeb, the southern tract of Judah. Negebmeans "the dry land," "the land of thin soil." It was applied especially to the country in the southernmost region of Canaan, described…

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