If הִתְהַלֵּךְ (hiṯhallēḵ) in Gn 3:8 does not allude to YHWH’s activity within the sanctuary, to what does it refer? Based on the use of the hitpa‘el form elsewhere, three primary possibilities emerge. First, the expression may speak of random back-and-forth movement, like flashes of lightning (Ps 77:18[17]), though this sense seems unlikely. Second, it may speak of walking back and forth as claimant to space. In Gn 13:17 YHWH invites Abraham to walk about through the length and breadth of the land