And indeedifthey had been thinkingof that [country] from whichthey wentout, they would have hadopportunityto return.
TerahtookAbramhis son,and Lotthe sonof Haran,his grandson,and Saraihis daughter-in-law,his sonAbram'swife;and they wentout togetherfrom Urof the Chaldeansin order to enterthe landof Canaan;and they wentas faras Haran,and settledthere.
Now there was a faminein the land;so Abramwentdownto Egyptto sojournthere,for the faminewas severein the land.
but you will goto my countryand to my relatives,and takea wifefor my sonIsaac."
and he droveawayallhis livestockand allhis propertywhichhe had gathered,his acquiredlivestockwhichhe had gatheredin Paddan-aram,to goto the landof Canaanto his fatherIsaac.
For thosewho saysuch thingsmake it clearthat they are seekinga country of their own.