Into the south That is, the southern part of Canaan, from whence he had come, Genesis 12:9, which, however, was north-east of Egypt. The Scriptures being written principally for the Jews, its language, respecting the situation of places, is accommodated to their manner of speaking.
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Genesis 13:1
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.