Bible Cross References
the south
Genesis 12:9-20
9
Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan.
10
But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.
11
When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "You are a beautiful woman.
12
When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live.
13
Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well."
14
When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful.
15
Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace.
16
Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.
17
But because the king had taken Sarai, the LORD sent terrible diseases on him and on the people of his palace.
18
Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
19
Why did you say that she was your sister, and let me take her as my wife? Here is your wife; take her and get out!"
20
The king gave orders to his men, so they took Abram and put him out of the country, together with his wife and everything he owned.
Genesis 20:1
Abraham moved from Mamre to the southern part of Canaan and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Later, while he was living in Gerar,
Genesis 21:33
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the LORD, the Everlasting God.
Joshua 10:40
Joshua conquered the whole land. He defeated the kings of the hill country, the eastern slopes, and the western foothills, as well as those of the dry country in the south. He spared no one; everyone was put to death. This was what the LORD God of Israel had commanded.
Joshua 18:5
The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north.
1 Samuel 27:10
who would ask him, "Where did you go on a raid this time?" and David would tell him that he had gone to the southern part of Judah or to the territory of the clan of Jerahmeel or to the territory where the Kenites lived.
2 Samuel 24:7
Then they went south to the fortified city of Tyre, on to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites, and finally to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.