Genesis 12:9

9 Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.

Genesis 12:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 12:9

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 southern part of the land of Canaan, which lay nearest Egypt, into which he is said to go next, the occasion of which follows.

Genesis 12:9 In-Context

7 But the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

8 From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped Him.

9 Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.

10 There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.