Genesis 12:9

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Genesis 12:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

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Genesis 13:3

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

Genesis 24:62

Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Psalms 105:13

they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

Hebrews 11:13

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Hebrews 11:14

Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.