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Genesis 35:6

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is Bethel,.... The place Jacob had called Bethel, when he was there before, was formerly called Luz, Gen 28:19; and is here said to be in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 35:1-29

- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 35:6-15

Jacob and his retinue having safely arrived at Bethel, we are here told what passed there.

I. There he built an altar (Gen 35:7), and no doubt offered sacrifice upon it, perhaps the tenth of his…

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