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Jacobיַעֲקֹבcameוַיָּבֹאto Luz,לוּזָהwhichאֲשֶׁרis in the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaanכְּנַעַן(that is,הִואBethel),בֵּית אֵלheהוּאand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him.עִמּוֹ
Genesis 35:6
Study it in the app“Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is, Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:6, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Luzלוּזָluza
Luz
Luz, the old name of the town of Bethel; also another town.
Where else “luza” appears- is in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- Bethel)בֵּיתbet
Bethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
Places in this verse
1Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
2Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
5As they set out, the terror of Elohim came upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 · This verse (above)
7He built there an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there Elohim had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
To study Genesis 35 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?