Genesis 35 · Verse 6

Genesis 35:6

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.
Genesis 35:6, King James Version

Genesis 35:6 in other translations

BSBSo Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
WEBSo Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
ASVSo 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.
YLTAnd Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,
DARBYAnd Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
BBEAnd Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.
WebsterSo Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that were with him.

What does Genesis 35:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. So Jacob came to Luz ... that is, Beth-el--It is probable that this place was unoccupied ground when Jacob first went to it; and that after that period [Calvin], the Canaanites built a town, to which they gave the name of Luz [Ge 28:19], from the profusion of almond trees that grew around. The name of Beth-el, which would, of course, be confined to Jacob and his family, did not supersede the original one, till long after. It is now identified with the modern Beitin and lies on the western slope of the mountain on which Abraham built his altar (Ge 12:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:6-15
The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances, is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the covenant with him. I am God Almighty, God all-sufficient, able to make good the promise in due time, and to support thee and provide for thee in the mean time. Two things are promised; that he should be the father of a great nation, and that he should be the master of a good land. These two promises had a spiritual signification, which Jacob had some notion of, though not so clear and distinct as we now have. Christ is the promised Seed, and heaven is the promised land; the former is the foundation, and the latter the top-stone, of all God's favours.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 35:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
יַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
ל֗וּזָהLu.zahLuz towardsH3870
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retz[is] in [the] land ofH776
כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667
הִ֖ואhi'thatH1931
בֵּֽית\־beit-[is] Beth-H1008
אֵ֑ל'El-elH1008
ה֖וּאhu'heH1931
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
עִמּֽוֹ\׃i.Mo[was] with himH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 35:6

  • Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

  • Genesis 28:22

    And 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 12:8

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el 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.

  • Genesis 48:3

    And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  • Judges 1:22-26

    And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luz.
12:8; 28:19,22; Jud 1:22-26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 35:5

    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.

  • Genesis 35:6

    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.

  • Genesis 35:7

    And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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Genesis 35:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y llegó Jacob á Luz, que está en tierra de Canaán, (esta es Beth-el) él y todo el pueblo que con él estaba;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jacob vint à Luz (c’est Béthel), qui est dans le pays de Canaan, lui et tout le peuple qui était avec lui;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jakob kam nach Lus, welches im Lande Kanaan liegt, das ist Bethel, er und alles Volk, das bei ihm war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venit igitur Jacob Luzam, quæ est in terra Chanaan, cognomento Bethel: ipse et omnis populus cum eo.