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Genesis 35:6

Listen to Genesis 35:6
6 Jacob and all of the people who were with him came to Luz. Luz is also called Bethel. It's in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:6

So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that
[is] Bethel
The place Jacob had called Bethel, when he was there before, was formerly called Luz, ( Genesis 28:19 ) ; and is here said to be in the land of Canaan, that is, in that part of the land which was inhabited by those who were properly called Canaanites, to distinguish it from another Luz, which was in the land of the Hittites; ( Judges 1:26 ) ;

he and all the people that [were] with him;
wives, children, servants, or whoever else came from Shechem, these all came safe to Luz without any molestation or loss.

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Genesis 35:6 In-Context

4 So they gave Jacob all of the strange gods they had. They also gave him their earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree at Shechem.
5 Then Jacob and everyone who was with him started out. The terror of God fell on the towns all around them. So no one chased them.
6 Jacob and all of the people who were with him came to Luz. Luz is also called Bethel. It's in the land of Canaan.
7 Jacob built an altar at Luz. He named the place El Bethel. There God made himself known to Jacob when he was running away from his brother.
8 Rebekah's attendant Deborah died. They buried her body under the oak tree below Bethel. So it was called Allon Bacuth.
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