Genesis 33:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 33:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- Exodus 13:20They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
- 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 the Sea of Chinnereth).
- 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.”
- 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.
- Judges 8:14There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
- Judges 8:16Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
- 1 Kings 7:46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
- Psalms 60:6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
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