Bible in Basic English
"And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day."
— Judges 1:26, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
“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. ”
“The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.”
“He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.”
So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)
And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.
So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.
And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.
And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.
And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.