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Genesis 35:6

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4 So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7 There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

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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.
DARBY
And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
BLB
And Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan—that [is], Bethel—he and all the people who [were] with him.
ÅB
Og Jakob kom til Luz, som ligger i Kana'ans land - nå heter det Betel - han og alt det folk som var med ham.
OTB
Jakob og alle folket med ham kom til Luz (det er Betel) i Kanaans land.
B1930
Og Jakob kom til Luz, som ligger i Kana'ans land - nu heter det Betel - han og alt det folk som var med ham.

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  • Genesis 28:19

    and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

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  • Genesis 28:22

    And 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.”

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  • Genesis 12:8

    From 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.

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  • Genesis 48:3

    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

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  • Judges 1:22–26

    The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

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