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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Luz (Bethel)
It was the old Canaanite name of Bethel, where Jacob dreamed of the stairway to heaven, and it hung on in a nearby town after Bethel was renamed.
First, in plain English
It was the old Canaanite name of Bethel, where Jacob dreamed of the stairway to heaven, and it hung on in a nearby town after Bethel was renamed.
Who this is
Luz was the original Canaanite name for Bethel, the site where Jacob had his dream of a stairway to heaven, and the name persisted for a nearby town even after Bethel itself was renamed.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H3870
Where it appears
- Genesis 28:19
- Genesis 48:3
- Judges 1:23
