He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.
NMVAnd he called the name of that place Beit-El (The House of the Powerful One): but the name of that city was called Luz [Almond Tree] (almond tree) at the first.
OJBAnd he called the shem of that place Beit-El; but the shem of that ir was called Luz at the first.
Onkelos (Etheridge)And he called the name of that place The House of God (Bethel). But Luz was the name of the city at the first.
T4THe named that place Bethel, which means ‘house of God’. Previously its name was Luz.