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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.
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(See also: Abraham, Beersheba, Israel, Judah, Kadesh, Salt Sea, Simeon)