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 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.
+* 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 became his wife.
+* 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.