And Jacob said unto Joseph,.... Being come into his bedchamber, and sitting by him, or standing before him:
God Almighty appeared unto at Luz in the land of Canaan; the same with Bethel, where God appeared, both at his going to Padanaram, and at his return from thence, Genesis 28:11; which of those times is here referred to is not certain; very likely he refers to them both, since the same promises were made to him at both times, as after mentioned:
and blessed me; promised he would bless him, both with temporal and spiritual blessings, as he did as follows.