Genesis 33:17
in Genesis 33but 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 33
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 17) And Jacob built a house there for himself, and he built shelters for his livestock; therefore he called the name of that place Tabernacles. Where we have tents, it is read in Hebrew as Sochoth. Furthermore, until today, there is a city beyond the Jordan with this name in the region of Scythopolis, about which we have written in the book of Joshua.
This site's exposition
he built a house for himself
Jacob builds a house, and Hebrews 11:9 remembers the three patriarchs as men who lived in tents in the land of promise. Jerome places Succoth beyond the Jordan, outside the land given him. Succoth means shelters, and Israel keeps a feast of them for the season when it had no house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth,.... Perhaps after he had been at Seir, and stayed there some little time. Succoth was on the other side of Jordan, so called by anticipation, for it had its name from what follows; as yet there was no city built here, or at least of this name; afterwards there was, it lay in a valley, and belonged to Sihon king of Heshbon, and was given to the tribe of Gad, Jos 13:27; it is mentioned along with Penuel, and was not far from it, Jdg 8:
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Jacob journeyed to Succoth--that is, "booths," that being the first station at which Jacob halted on his arrival in Canaan. His posterity, when dwelling in houses of stone, built a city there and called it Succoth, to commemorate the fact that their ancestor, "a Syrian ready to perish" [De 26:5], was glad to dwell in booths.
Journeyed to Succoth - So called from סכת succoth, the booths or tents which Jacob erected there for the resting and convenience of his family, who in all probability continued there for some considerable time.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיַעֲקֹב֙ | veyaako | and Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| נָסַ֣ע | nasa' | he set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| סֻכֹּ֔תָה | sukotah | Succoth towards | H5523 → | |
| וַיִּ֥בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | for <the> himself | ||
| בָּ֑יִת | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וּלְמִקְנֵ֙הוּ֙ | ulemiknehu | and for livestock his | H4735 → | 76 times |
| עָשָׂ֣ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| סֻכֹּ֔ת | sukot | shelters | H5521 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| קָרָ֥א | kara' | he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שֵׁם־ | shem- | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַמָּק֖וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| סֻכּֽוֹת׃ ס | sukot | Succoth | H5523 → |
וְיַעֲקֹב֙and Jacob
veyaakoH3290 →350 times
נָסַ֣עhe set out
nasa'H5265 →146 times
סֻכֹּ֔תָהSuccoth towards
sukotahH5523 →
וַיִּ֥בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
ל֖וֹfor <the> himself
lo
בָּ֑יִתa house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
וּלְמִקְנֵ֙הוּ֙and for livestock his
ulemiknehuH4735 →76 times
עָשָׂ֣הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
סֻכֹּ֔תshelters
sukotH5521 →
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֛ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
קָרָ֥אhe called
kara'H7121 →733 times
שֵׁם־[the] name of
shem-H8034 →864 times
הַמָּק֖וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
סֻכּֽוֹת׃ סSuccoth
sukotH5523 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 60:6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
it leads to
- Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
- Joshua 13:27
and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of…
- Psalms 89:35
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
- Genesis 12:6
Through
Joshua 13:27and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of…
it leads to
- Numbers 32:36
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
- Numbers 34:11
then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
- Numbers 32:36
Through
Judges 8:8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
it leads to
- Genesis 32:30–31
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- 1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
- Genesis 32:30–31
Through
Judges 8:5So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
it leads to
- Psalms 60:6
God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 60:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.