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Genesis 13

Gen. 13:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
went up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
out of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
, he, and his wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, and all that he had, and Lot
Lowt (Hebrew #3876)
Lot, Abraham's nephew
KJV usage: Lot.
Pronounce: lote
Origin: the same as 3875
with him, into the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
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Gen. 12:9• 9{i}And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.{/i} (Gen. 12:9)

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Abram,
Egypt,
Lot,
South,
Wife

Cross References

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1-5:  Abram and Lot return with great riches out of Egypt.
6-7:  Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen and those of Lot.
8-9:  Abram meekly refers it to Lot to choose his part of the country,
10-13:  and Lot goes to Sodom.
14-17:  God renews the promise to Abram.
18:  He removes to Hebron, and there builds an altar.
A.M. 2086.
B.C. 1918.
the south.The south of Canaan; as in leaving Egypt, it is said he "came from the south," (ver. 3,) and the southern part of the promised land lay north-east of Egypt.
Gen. 12:9‑20• 9{i}And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.{/i}
 10{i}And{/i} there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. For the famine was grievous in the land.
 11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now I know thou art a fair woman to look upon;
 12therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, {i}that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.{/i}
 14{i}And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.{/i}
 15{i}And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.{/i}
 16{i}And he treated Abram well on her account; and{/i} he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses and camels.
 17{i}And Jehovah{/i} plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues {i}because of Sarai Abram's wife.{/i}
 18{i}And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?{/i}
 19{i}Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take her, and go away.{/i}
 20{i}And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.{/i} (Gen. 12:9‑20)
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Gen. 20:1• 1{i}And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.{/i} (Gen. 20:1)
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Gen. 21:33• 33And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah God everlasting. (Gen. 21:33)
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Josh. 10:40• 40{i}And Joshua smote the whole country, the mountain, and the south, and the lowland, and the hill-slopes, and all their kings: he let none remain, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded.{/i} (Josh. 10:40)
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Josh. 18:5• 5And they shall divide into seven parts; Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. (Josh. 18:5)
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1 Sam. 27:10• 10{i}So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:10)
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2 Sam. 24:7• 7{i}and they came to the fortified city of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and went out to the south of Judah, to Beer-sheba.{/i} (2 Sam. 24:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the southb.

JND Translation Notes

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Negeb, "south country." name for the region of Canaan (Judah) bordering on the desert.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)