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Genesis 12:5

וַ יִּקַּח אַבְרָם אֶת שָׂרַי אִשְׁתֹּו וְ אֶת לֹוט בֶּן אָחִיו וְ אֶת כָּל רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁוּ וְ אֶת הַ נֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ בְ חָרָן וַ יֵּצְאוּ לָ לֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַ יָּבֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָעַן
And Raised-Father is taking Noble-Lady his woman, and Lot his brother’s builder, and the whole of their possessions that they have received, and the Breath which they have made in Scorched; and they are going out to walk earth-ward of Humbled; and they are coming in earth-ward of Humbled.472
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going out, coming in, passing-by. “Going out” and “coming in” are tokens of two opposing directions relative to some starting point. How does one “go out” and “come in” at the same time and not change direction? You follow a circular path.