Judges 1:24
Judges · שופטים · Nevi'im · 21 chapters · 618 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (16 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
וַיַּעֲלוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵף גַּם־הֵם בֵּֽית־אֵל וַֽיהוָה עִמָּֽם
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and the LORD was with them.
וַיָּתִירוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵף בְּבֵֽית־אֵל וְשֵׁם־הָעִיר לְפָנִים לֽוּז
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el—now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.
וַיִּרְאוּ הַשֹּׁמְרִים אִישׁ יוֹצֵא מִן־הָעִיר וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ הַרְאֵנוּ נָא אֶת־מְבוֹא הָעִיר וְעָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ חָֽסֶד
And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him: ‘Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.’
וַיַּרְאֵם אֶת־מְבוֹא הָעִיר וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר לְפִי־חָרֶב וְאֶת־הָאִישׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ שִׁלֵּֽחוּ
And he showed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים וַיִּבֶן עִיר וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ לוּז הוּא שְׁמָהּ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.