Discovery BoxGenesis 13:1 
ContextAbram’s Solution to the Strife
13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. 1 He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. 2
Genesis 20:1
ContextAbraham and Abimelech
20:1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev 3 region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident 4 in Gerar,
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.
2 tn Heb “And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all which was his, and Lot with him, to the Negev.”
3 tn Or “the South [country]”; Heb “the land of the Negev.”
sn Negev is the name for the southern desert region in the land of Canaan.
4 tn Heb “and he sojourned.”
