Genesis 12:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south - х Negeb (H5045), the south, was the name given to that large undulating tract of country which separated Central Canaan from Egypt]. Abram doubtless went along the ordinary caravan road which runs through that district. The first journey through Canann was one of exploration, and it seems to have been rapidly performed.

Genesis 12:9

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