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Syntax of Migration: The Grammatical Journey of Genesis 12:5
וַיִּקַּ֣ח אַבְרָם֩ אֶת־שָׂרַ֨י אִשְׁתֹּ֜ו וְאֶת־לֹ֣וט בֶּן־אָחִ֗יו וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכוּשָׁם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָכָ֔שׁוּ וְאֶת־הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ בְחָרָ֑ן וַיֵּצְא֗וּ לָלֶ֨כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַ֥רְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃
(Genesis 12:5)
And Avram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother’s son, and all their possessions which they had acquired, and the persons they had made in Ḥaran. And they went forth to go to the land of Kenaʿan, and they came to the land of Kenaʿan.
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