Genesis 13:3

Genesis 13:3

And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

a. NLT: From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.

b. NIV: From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier

c. YLT: And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --

d. Amplified Bible: He journeyed on from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

e. Septuagint: And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: He proceeded on his journeys from the south to Beth-el to the place where his tent had been at first, between Beth-el and Ai,

1. “And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel…”

a. and he went [3212 * yalak] [Strong: a primitive root (Compare 1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses):--X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.]

b. on his journeys [4550 * macca`] [Strong: from 5265; a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure):--journey(-ing).]

c. from the south [5045 * negeb] [Strong: from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):--south (country, side, -ward).]

d. even to Bethel [1008 * Beyth-'El] [Strong: from 1004 and 410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine:--Beth-el.]

2. “…unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;”

a. unto the place [4725 * maqowm or maqom also (feminine) mqowmah or mqomah] [Strong: from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind):--country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).]

b. where his tent [168 * 'ohel o'-hel from 166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):--covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.]

c. had been [1961 * hayah] [Strong: a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

d. at the beginning [8462 * tchillah] [Strong: from 2490 in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly):--begin(-ning), first (time).]

e. between Bethel [1008 * Beyth-'El] [Strong: from 1004 and 410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine:--Beth-el.]

f. and Ai [5857 * `Ay or (feminine) uAya or eAyath] [Strong: for 5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine:--Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.]

1). Abram went back to where God had appeared to him the second time, the first after coming into the land of Canaan.

a). Genesis 12:6-8And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

12:7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.