# 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 this southern region is not the same location as the present day Negev Desert.
* 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 became 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](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-ta-translate-vol1/src/master/content/translate_names.md))

(See also: [abraham](../other/abraham.md), [beersheba](../other/beersheba.md), [israel](../other/israel.md), [judah](../other/judah.md), [kadesh](../other/kadesh.md), [saltsea](../other/saltsea.md), [simeon](../other/simeon.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [Genesis 12:8-9](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/12/08)
* [Genesis 20:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/20/01)
* [Genesis 24:61-62](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/24/61)
* [Joshua 03:14-16](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jos/03/14)
* [Numbers 13:17-20](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/num/13/17)