Genesis 33:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths or places of shelter for his livestock; so the name of the place is called Succoth [booths].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ but Jacob traveled to Succoth. He built a house for himself but made temporary shelters for his animals; therefore, he named the place Succoth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, 'Tents.'

Genesis 33:17 Cross References

Psalm 60:6

God has spoken in his sanctuary: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

Judges 8:5

So he said to the men of Succoth, “Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Joshua 13:27

and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.

Judges 8:16

And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.

Judges 8:8

And from there he went up to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

1 Kings 7:46

In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

Judges 8:14

And he caught a young man of Succoth, and questioned him; and he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.

Exodus 13:20

And they moved on from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

Exodus 12:37

And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

Genesis 33:16

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.