Movement, Settlement, and Worship: The Syntactic Architecture of Genesis 12:8
וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ (Genesis 12:8) And he moved from there toward the hill-country east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent, Bethel from the west and Ai from the east, and he built there an altar to YHWH, and he called…