Negeb
A place in the Bible
The dry land in the south of Canaan. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “the south country.”
What happened here
- Isaac: he was living in the Negeb when Rebekah arrived to be his wife.
- Abraham: he also traveled through that land, between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed for a while in Gerar.
Today
Today it is the Negev Desert, in southern Israel.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 24:62; Genesis 20:1
What the Bible says
Genesis 24:62
At the same time Isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called Of the living and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country.
Genesis 20:1
Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Genesis 24:62; Genesis 20:1; Britannica, “Negev”