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Up from Egypt, heavy with livestock

Says וַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם (“and Abram went up from Egypt”) answers the “went down” of 12:10. הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ is “he and his wife and all that was his”; BSB has “all his possessions.” וְלוֹט עִמּוֹ (“and Lot with him”) comes before the goal, and הַנֶּגְבָּה (“toward the Negev”) stands last; BSB moves “into the Negev” forward. The Greek has “εἰς τὴν ἔρημον” (“into the desert”) in the same last place.

Says In 13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד is “and Abram was very heavy,” the adjective used of the famine in 12:10; here it means rich (BSB “extremely wealthy”). בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב is “in livestock, in silver and in gold.” The lexicon gives miqneh as “2. specif. of cows, sheep, and goats in herds and flocks” and zahav here as “2. gold as wealth.”

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  • Saysוַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם (“and Abram went up from Egypt”) answers the “went down” of 12:10. הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ is “he and his wife and all that was his”; BSB has “all his possessions.” וְלוֹט עִמּוֹ (“and Lot with him”) comes before the goal, and הַנֶּגְבָּה (“toward the Negev”) stands last; BSB moves “into the Negev” forward. The Greek has “εἰς τὴν ἔρημον” (“into the desert”) in the same last place.
  • SaysIn 13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד is “and Abram was very heavy,” the adjective used of the famine in 12:10; here it means rich (BSB “extremely wealthy”). בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב is “in livestock, in silver and in gold.” The lexicon gives miqneh as “2. specif. of cows, sheep, and goats in herds and flocks” and zahav here as “2. gold as wealth.”

Citations

  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 13:1–2 (WLC/OSHB; morph HC/Vqw3ms HTd/Ncmsa/Sd HAamsa HRd/Ncmsa)
  • BSB public domain Gen 13:1–2 (BSB)
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 889 (leaf n912), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H4735 “2. specif. of cows, sheep, and goats in herds and flocks”; checked against the printed page (scan)
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 262 (leaf n285), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H2091 “2. gold as wealth”; checked against the printed page (scan)
  • LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 13:1, text and apparatus. LXX: Swete, vol. 1 (1901), p. 20 (leaf n51). Checked against the printed page (scan).
Sources OSHB CC BY 4.0 BSB public domain BDB CC BY 4.0 LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0

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