Genesis 12:9 - Exposition

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.