Discovery BoxGenesis 13:1 
Context13:1 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 13:3
Context13:3 And he journeyed from place to place 3 from the Negev as far as Bethel. 4 He returned 5 to the place where he had pitched his tent 6 at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
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 Heb “on his journeys”; the verb and noun combination means to pick up the tents and move from camp to camp.
4 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
5 tn The words “he returned” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “where his tent had been.”
