diff --git a/src/Models/ClosureTable.php b/src/Models/ClosureTable.php
index 0f3ded3..e48d854 100644
--- a/src/Models/ClosureTable.php
+++ b/src/Models/ClosureTable.php
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ private function selectRowsToInsert($ancestorId, $descendantId)
         $depth = $this->getDepthColumn();
 
         $select = "
-            SELECT tbl.{$ancestor} AS ancestor, ? AS descendant, tbl.{$depth}+1 AS depth
+            SELECT tbl.{$ancestor} AS {$ancestor}, ? AS {$descendant}, tbl.{$depth}+1 AS {$depth}
             FROM {$table} AS tbl
             WHERE tbl.{$descendant} = ?
             UNION ALL
-            SELECT ? AS ancestor, ? AS descendant, 0 AS depth
+            SELECT ? AS {$ancestor}, ? AS {$descendant}, 0 AS {$depth}
         ";
 
         $rows = $this->getConnection()->select($select, [
diff --git a/src/Models/Entity.php b/src/Models/Entity.php
index 9f4435a..b5d04de 100644
--- a/src/Models/Entity.php
+++ b/src/Models/Entity.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 use Franzose\ClosureTable\Extensions\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
-use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 /**
@@ -1763,7 +1762,7 @@ public static function createFromArray(array $tree, EntityInterface $parent = nu
         $entities = [];
 
         foreach ($tree as $item) {
-            $children = Arr::pull($item, static::CHILDREN_RELATION_NAME);
+            $children = $item[static::CHILDREN_RELATION_NAME] ?? [];
 
             /**
              * @var Entity $entity
diff --git a/tests/Models/Entity/TreeTests.php b/tests/Models/Entity/TreeTests.php
index ae09ec4..6cae625 100644
--- a/tests/Models/Entity/TreeTests.php
+++ b/tests/Models/Entity/TreeTests.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Franzose\ClosureTable\Tests\Models\Entity;
 
+use Franzose\ClosureTable\Extensions\Collection;
 use Franzose\ClosureTable\Models\ClosureTable;
 use Franzose\ClosureTable\Models\Entity;
 use Franzose\ClosureTable\Tests\BaseTestCase;
@@ -162,4 +163,47 @@ public function testCreateFromArrayBug81()
         static::assertEquals(0, $child2->countChildren());
         static::assertEquals(19, $child2->getKey());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @link https://github.com/franzose/ClosureTable/issues/239
+     */
+    public function testCreateFromArrayIssue239()
+    {
+        Page::createFromArray([
+            [
+                'id' => 100,
+                'children' => [
+                    ['id' => 200],
+                    ['id' => 300],
+                    ['id' => 400],
+                    ['id' => 500],
+                    [
+                        'id' => 600,
+                        'children' => [
+                            ['id' => 700],
+                            ['id' => 800],
+                        ]
+                    ],
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]);
+
+        /** @var Page $page */
+        $page = Page::find(100);
+
+        /** @var Collection|Page[] $children */
+        $children = $page->getChildren();
+
+        static::assertCount(5, $children);
+        static::assertEquals(200, $children->get(0)->id);
+        static::assertEquals(300, $children->get(1)->id);
+        static::assertEquals(400, $children->get(2)->id);
+        static::assertEquals(500, $children->get(3)->id);
+        static::assertEquals(600, $children->get(4)->id);
+
+        $childrenOf600 = $children->get(4)->getChildren();
+        static::assertCount(2, $childrenOf600);
+        static::assertEquals(700, $childrenOf600->get(0)->id);
+        static::assertEquals(800, $childrenOf600->get(1)->id);
+    }
 }