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Genesis 13:1-3
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Genesis 13:1-3
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Abram and Lot Separate
13 So Abram went up from Egypt(A) to the Negev,(B) with his wife and everything he had, and Lot(C) went with him. 2 Abram had become very wealthy(D) in livestock(E) and in silver and gold.
3 From the Negev(F) he went from place to place until he came to Bethel,(G) to the place between Bethel and Ai(H) where his tent had been earlier
Genesis 13:1-3
King James Version
Genesis 13:1-3
King James Version
13 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
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Genesis 13:1-3
New English Translation
Genesis 13:1-3
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Abram’s Solution to the Strife
13 So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev.[a] He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.[b] 2 (Now Abram was very wealthy[c] in livestock, silver, and gold.)[d]
3 And he journeyed from place to place[e] from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned[f] to the place where he had pitched his tent[g] at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
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- Genesis 13:1 tn Or “the South [country]” (also in v. 3).sn Negev is the name for the southern desert region in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 13:1 tn Heb “And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all which was his, and Lot with him, to the Negev.”
- Genesis 13:2 tn Heb “heavy.”
- Genesis 13:2 tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.
- Genesis 13:3 tn Heb “on his journeys”; the verb and noun combination means to pick up the tents and move from camp to camp.
- Genesis 13:3 tn The words “he returned” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 13:3 tn Heb “where his tent had been.”
Genesis 13:1-3
New King James Version
Genesis 13:1-3
New King James Version
Abram Inherits Canaan
13 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and (A)Lot with him, (B)to the [a]South. 2 (C)Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journey (D)from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
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- Genesis 13:1 Heb. Negev
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