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Why does the Torah need to inform us that Avraham was traveling with a lot of property?
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Seforno: This is to explain why, in spite of the fact that he was eager to return to the location of the Mizbe'ach that he built - in order to continue teaching the people knowledge of HaSh-m - he was only able to proceed slowly, as he traveled from place to place until he arrived there. 1
