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.
Parallel translations
- WEB The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
- KJV And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
- BSB And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- NASB Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- NLT Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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Quick answer
The spared man relocates to Hittite territory and founds a city he names Luz. It matters as a small note of how God's providence preserves and resettles him.
Overview
The man begins anew, naming his city after his former home. The detail, with its 'to this day' marker, lends historical credibility to the account. It quietly testifies that the mercy shown him bore lasting fruit, his life and lineage continuing under God's providence.
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Kgs 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”
- 2 Chr 1:17They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty. They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian kings.
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