Genesis 48:3
And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,
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Genesis 17:6and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
Genesis 28:12And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;
Genesis 28:19and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
Genesis 35:9And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;
Judges 1:23and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),
Revelation 21:11having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 48:2-8
Jacob's Last Illness. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a… Read the whole commentary →