(rolf wrote)
> 16:1 : One wayyiqtol and one participle
> 16: 2-3: four weqatals
> 16:5: Two wayyiqtols
> 16: 8: One yiqtol and one weqatal
> 17:10: One wayyiqtol and one yiqtol
>
> Do you see any difference in tense or aspect in these verbs?
Yes, who wouldn't? (especially the non-'be' vayyiqtol's.)
or as we say in biblical dialect:
ro'e.