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Jacob Returns to Bethel

Genesis 35:6

In 11 translations

BSB
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
KJV
¶ 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.
WEB
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
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.
LSV
And Jacob comes to Luz which [is] in the land of Canaan (it [is] Bethel), he and all the people who [are] with him,
YLT
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,
DBY
And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
DRC
And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.
GNV
So came Iaakob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Beth-el) hee and all the people that was with him.
JPS
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.
LXXE
And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Bæthel, he and all the people that were with him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב ל֗וּזָה אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן הִ֖וא בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל ה֖וּא וְכָל־הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἦλθε δὲ Ἰακὼβ εἰς Λουζὰ ἥ ἐστιν ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν, ἥ ἐστι Βαιθὴλ, αὐτὸς, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, ὃς ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ.

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  • Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  • Genesis 28:22And 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 12:8From 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.
  • Judges 1:22–26The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them. They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz), and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get…
  • Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

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