The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And Abram journeyed (literally, broke up, e. g; his encampment, going on still—literally, going on and breaking up (cf. Genesis 8:3); "going and returning"—towards the south. Negleb, the dry region, from nagabh, to be dried, the southern district of Palestine (Genesis 13:3; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 24:62). The LXX. render, ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν, τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

Of this section Genesis 12:5, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 12:8 are commonly assigned to the Elohist; and 7, 8b, and 9 to the Jehovist.

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