John Gill Commentary Genesis 12:9

"And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South." — Genesis 12:9 (ASV)

And Abram journeyed
He did not stay long in the mountain between Bethel and Hai, but moved from there, and kept on journeying in the land of Canaan:

going on still toward the south ;
the southern part of the land of Canaan, which lay nearest Egypt, into which he is said to go next, the occasion of which follows.