Bible Strands
Genesis 35:6
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Jacob and his household arriving at a specific location during their return journey to Canaan, immediately after a divinely sent terror deterred their pursuers. The words — וַיָּבֹא (va-yavo) translates literally as "and he came," and לֻז (Luz) identifies the city before its established renaming. The thread — Genesis 28:19 documents the location's original name Luz being replaced by Bethel, while Genesis 12:8 and 28:22 mark Bethel as a recurring geographical and spiritual landmark. Why it lands — The verse states a factual arrival in Canaan, requiring the reader to note the patriarch's physical return to the promised land before tracking the subsequent altar construction and divine encounter.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.
Cross-references
- Genesis 28:19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Genesis 12:8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 28:22 And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.