⁶ So Jacob came to ^(A)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

¹⁹ And he called the name of ^(A)that place ^[a]Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.

²² And this stone which I have set as a pillar ^(A)shall be God’s house, ^(B)and of all that You give me I will surely give a ^[a]tenth to You.”

⁸ And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and ^(A)called on the name of the Lord.

²² And the ^[a]house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, ^(A)and the Lord was with them. ²³ So the ^[b]house of Joseph ^(B)sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly ^(C)Luz.) ²⁴ And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and ^(D)we will show you mercy.” ²⁵ So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go. ²⁶ And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

³ Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God ^(A)Almighty appeared to me at ^(B)Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,