clear, though, is that this man, unlike Rahab, does not become an Israelite. He remains a citizen of Luz and therefore still a Canaanite at heart. He retires to a safe distance, but does not go away into oblivion. He builds something that is within the sphere of awareness, and contact, of future generations of Israelites: “… Luz. That is its name to this day” (v. 26). In other words, it’s not just a man and his family that survive, but Canaanite culture in a very tangible form—a city. Luz has not