And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz; and that is its name to this day. — The Bethelite informant's departure to 'the land of the Hittites' traces a migration northward to regions dominated by Hittite cultural influence, indicating that the refugee relocated to an ethnically sympathetic environment. His establishment of a new city and its naming 'Luz'—preserving the pre-Israelite nomenclature—suggests cultural continuity and resistance through onomastic preservation. The phrase 'to this day' again addresses contemporary readers, suggesting that the northern Luz perpetuated pre-Israelite identity and nomenclature even as the southern Bethel became Israelite.

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