Genesis 35:6

And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

In Context

5And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:8And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.

Genesis 48:3And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:2-6

Jacob Summoned to Bethel; Jacob's Journeys towards Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day… Read the whole commentary →

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