Luz is the ancient name of a royal
Canaanite city, connected with
Bethel in
Genesis 28:19 and
35:6. According to
Rashi, it is debated whether Luz and Bethel represent the same town - the former the Canaanite name, and the latter the
Hebrew name - or whether they were distinct places in close proximity to each other. According to the
Hebrew Bible in Genesis 28:19, Luz was renamed by Jacob: "He named that site Bethel; but previously the name of the city had been Luz." ==Mentioned in Book of Judges==