Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Judges 1:23 in English Standard Version "And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)" Ge 28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. Ge 35:6 And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, Ge 48:3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, Jos 18:13 From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.