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As they set out on their journey, because the people who lived in the[a] cities around them feared God, they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Eventually, Jacob and everyone with him arrived at Luz (also called Beth-el) in the territory of Canaan. He built an altar there to God and named the place El Beth-el, because God had revealed himself there when he was fleeing from his brother.

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  1. Genesis 35:5 The Heb. lacks people who lived in the