Genesis 33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
And Jacob {H3290} journeyed {H5265} to Succoth {H5523}, and built {H1129} him an house {H1004}, and made {H6213} booths {H5521} for his cattle {H4735}: therefore the name {H8034} of the place {H4725} is called {H7121} Succoth {H5523}.
Ya'akov went on to Sukkot, where he built himself a house and put up shelters for his cattle. This is why the place is called Sukkot [shelters].
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Cross-References
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Psalms 60:6 (5 votes)
ΒΆ God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -
Joshua 13:27 (5 votes)
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. -
Judges 8:5 (5 votes)
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. -
Judges 8:8 (3 votes)
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered [him]. -
Judges 8:16 (3 votes)
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. -
Exodus 12:37 (2 votes)
ΒΆ And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children. -
Judges 8:14 (2 votes)
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men.
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