Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and the house of Joseph cause men to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

New American Standard Bible

The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz).

International Standard Version

The army of the tribe of Joseph scouted out Bethel, which had been formerly named Luz.

A Conservative Version

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

Bible in Basic English

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

Darby Translation

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)

Julia Smith Translation

And the house of Joseph will examine in the house of God. And the name of the city before, was Almond tree.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz).

Modern King James verseion

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. And the name of the city before was Luz.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and the house of Joseph searched out Bethel which before time was called Luz.

NET Bible

When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

New Heart English Bible

The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

The Emphasized Bible

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel, - now, the name of the city, formerly, was, Luz.

Webster

And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz.

World English Bible

The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of Joseph
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

תּוּר 
Tuwr 
Usage: 23

Beth–el
בּית־אל 
Beyth-'El 
Usage: 71

Now the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Context Readings

Israel Continues Its Conquest

22 And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah is with them; 23 and the house of Joseph cause men to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz), 24 and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, 'Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.'

Cross References

Genesis 28:19

and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.

Genesis 35:6

And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,

Genesis 48:3

And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

Joshua 2:1

And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, 'Go, see the land -- and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name is Rahab, and they lie down there.

Joshua 7:2

And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, 'Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai,

Judges 18:2

And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, 'Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

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