Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.

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Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(A)

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He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,

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From the Negev(A) he went from place to place until he came to Bethel,(B) to the place between Bethel and Ai(C) where his tent had been earlier

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29 The Amalekites(A) are living in the land of the Negev; the Hethites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

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29 The Amalekites(A) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(B) Jebusites(C) and Amorites(D) live in the hill country;(E) and the Canaanites(F) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(G)

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the Negev, and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

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the Negev(A) and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms,(B) as far as Zoar.(C)

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21 These were the outermost cities of the tribe of the descendants of Judah toward the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,(A)

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21 The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev(A) toward the boundary of Edom were:

Kabzeel,(B) Eder,(C) Jagur,

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Restore our fortunes,[a] Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 126:4 Or Return our captives

Restore our fortunes,[a](A) Lord,
    like streams in the Negev.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 126:4 Or Bring back our captives

A pronouncement(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:[a]

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,(B)
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.

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  1. 30:6 Or Southland

A prophecy(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:(B)

Through a land of hardship and distress,(C)
    of lions(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(F) backs,
    their treasures(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

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Future Blessing for Israel

19 People from the Negev will possess(A)
the hill country of Esau;(B)
those from the Judean foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.(C)
They[a] will possess
the territories of Ephraim and Samaria,(D)
while Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah[b]
and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath(E)
as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the cities of the Negev.(F)

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  1. 19 = The house of Jacob
  2. 20 Or of this host of the Israelites; Hb obscure

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(A)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(B)
    and Benjamin(C) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(D)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(E)

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