King James Version

Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

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וַיִּסַּ֣עvayisaand cause to blowנָסַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cause to blow”, the next action in the storyH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.אַבְרָ֔םavramAbramאַבְרָםnoun, proper name — “Abram”H87Abram, the original name of AbrahamAbram.הָל֥וֹךְhalokhewalkהָלַךְverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “walk”, the verb used for emphasisH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…וְנָס֖וֹעַvenasoaand cause to blowנָסַעconjunction, verb, qal, infinitive absolute — “and cause to blow”, the verb used for emphasisH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.הַנֶּֽגְבָּהhanegbahthe southנֶגֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “the south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.

World English Bible

Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.

Darby Translation

And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.

Douay-Rheims

And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇρεν Ἅβραμ, καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

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