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Negev

Facts:

The Negev is a desert region in the southern part of Israel, southwest of the Salt Sea.

  • The original word means "the South," and some English versions translate it this way.
  • It could be that this southern region is not the same location as the present day Negev Desert.
  • When Abraham lived in the city of Kadesh, he was in the Negev or southern region.
  • Isaac was living in the Negev when Rebekah traveled to meet him and became his wife.
  • The Jewish tribes of Judah and Simeon lived in this southern region.
  • The largest city in the Negev region was Beersheba.

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(See also: other/abraham · other/beersheba · other/israel · other/judah · other/kadesh · other/saltsea · other/simeon)

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