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Genesis 12:9
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And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
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Genesis 13:3rank 4
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Genesis 24:62rank 3
Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Genesis 13:1rank 3
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
Psalms 105:13rank 2
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.