The [Negev](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/negev) was a desert region in southern Canaan, west of [Egypt](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt). This can be made explicit. AT: "went back to the [Negev](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/negev) desert" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])