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Grammar as Theological Geography: The Journey of Terah’s Household (Genesis 11:31)
וַיִּקַּ֨ח תֶּ֜רַח אֶת־אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנֹ֗ו וְאֶת־לֹ֤וט בֶּן־הָרָן֙ בֶּן־בְּנֹ֔ו וְאֵת֙ שָׂרַ֣י כַּלָּתֹ֔ו אֵ֖שֶׁת אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנֹ֑ו וַיֵּצְא֨וּ אִתָּ֜ם מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים לָלֶ֨כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַד־חָרָ֖ן וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
(Genesis 11:31)
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son; and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Kenaʿan, and they came to Ḥaran and settled there.
Genesis 11:31 stands as a grammatical and theological threshold in the biblical narrative.… Learn Hebrew
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