KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 35:6
So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
WEB World English Bible
So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
ASV American Standard Version
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,
Surrounding context — Genesis 35
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
5 And 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.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֨אH935 · boto come (in): comeיַעֲקֹ֜בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobל֗וּזָהH3870 · luzLuzאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנַ֔עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanהִ֖ואH1931 · huhe/she/itבֵּֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֑לH1008 · bet-elBethelה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֥םH5971 · ampeopleאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעִמּֽוֹ׃H5973 · imwith
Cross-references
Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.Judges 1:22-26And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.Genesis 48:3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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