And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
WEB
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
YLT
and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.
DBT
And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)