# he pitched his tent

Abram had many people with him as he traveled. People who moved from place to place lived in tents. AT: "they set up their tents"

# called on the name of Yahweh

"prayed in the name of Yahweh" or "worshiped Yahweh"

# Then Abram continued journeying

You may need to make explicit that he took his tent with him. "Then Abram took his tent and continued journeying." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# toward the Negev

"toward the Negev region" or "toward the south" or "south to the Negev desert"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ai]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/altar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/negev]]