From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived in Gerar,

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the region, saw her, he took her and raped her.

“These men are peaceful toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them.

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had 12 sons:

But there was no food in that entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.