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Judges 1:23

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

KJV

Nam cum obsiderent urbem, quæ prius Luza vocabatur,

Vulgate

καὶ παρενέβαλον καὶ κατεσκέψαντο Βαιθήλ· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶν ἦν ἔμπροσθεν Λοῦζα.

LXX

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

ASV

וַ/יָּתִ֥ירוּ בֵית יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּ/בֵֽית אֵ֑ל וְ/שֵׁם הָ/עִ֥יר לְ/פָנִ֖ים לֽוּז

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֵּֽית
byt
proper_noun · 144×
ה
h
proper_noun · 8×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ת֣וּר
tvr
verb · 23×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 28:19 — And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
  • Gen 35:6 — So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
  • Gen 48:3 — And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,