# 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 the "South" is not located where the Negev Desert is today.
* 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 become his wife.
* The Jewish tribes of Judah and Simeon lived in this southern region.
* The largest city in the Negev region was Beersheba.

(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names))

(See also: [Abraham](../other/abraham.md), [Beersheba](../other/beersheba.md), [Israel](../other/israel.md), [Judah](../other/judah.md), [Kadesh](../other/kadesh.md), [Salt Sea](../other/saltsea.md), [Simeon](../other/simeon.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [Genesis 12:8-9](en/tn/gen/help/12/08)
* [Genesis 20:1-3](en/tn/gen/help/20/01)
* [Genesis 24:61-62](en/tn/gen/help/24/61)
* [Joshua 03:14-16](en/tn/jos/help/03/14)
* [Numbers 13:17-20](en/tn/num/help/13/17)