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Genesis 12:9

Genesis 12:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And Abram journeyed (literally, broke up, e. g; his encampment, going on still—literally, going on and breaking up (cf. ); "going and returning"—towards the south. Negleb, the dry region, from nagabh, to be dried, the southern district of Palestine (; ; ). The LXX. render, ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν, τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

Of this section , , are commonly assigned to the Elohist; and 7, 8b, and 9 to the Jehovist.

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