Genesis 12:9 · KJV
“And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. {going...: Heb. in going and journeying}”
— Genesis 12:9
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, {having} Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine {was} grievous in the land.
Genesis 12 — Context
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, {having} Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. {going...: Heb. in going and journeying}
10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine {was} grievous in the land.
11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou {art} a fair woman to look upon:
Cross References
Genesis 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;
Genesis 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.
Genesis 24:62
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
Psalms 105:13
When they went from one nation to another, from {one} kingdom to another people;
Hebrews 11:13-14
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of {them}, and embraced {them}, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}