Genesis 13:1 New International Version (NIV)

Abram and Lot Separate

13 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.

Genesis 13:3 New International Version (NIV)

³ From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier

Genesis 20:1 New International Version (NIV)

Abraham and Abimelek

20 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,

Genesis 24:62 New International Version (NIV)

⁶² Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Numbers 13:17 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.

Numbers 33:40 New International Version (NIV)

Deuteronomy 34:3 New International Version (NIV)

³ the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

Joshua 10:40 New International Version (NIV)

⁴⁰ So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.