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That is why the place is called Sukkoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jacob, on the other hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which means “shelters”).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Jacob journeyed to Succoth; and built for himself a house, and made booths for his livestock, therefore the place is named Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But Jacob journeyed [north] to Succoth, and built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock; so the name of the place is Succoth (huts, shelters).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but Jacob went to Succoth. He built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but Jacob went on to Succoth. He built a house for himself and stalls for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But Jacob went to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and set up shelters for his animals. That's why the place is called Succoth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But Jacob moved on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is named Succoth [Shelters].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But Jacob went to Sukkoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Sukkoth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But Jacob traveled to Succoth where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called Succoth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But Jacob traveled to Succoth, and he built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Jacob has journeyed to Succoth, and builds a house for himself, and has made shelters for his livestock, therefore he has called the name of the place Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jacob will remove to the booths, and he will build for himself a house, and he made booths for his cattle; for this he called the name of the place Booths.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and Jacob broke camp for Succoth. There Jacob built a home for himself and made booths for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore the place is called Succoth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made sheepfolds for his cattle; therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yaquuv picked up for Sukuth and built for himself a house, and for his cattle he made shelters; because of this he called the name of that country Sukuth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/33-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=8462" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/33.htm">Jacob Meets Esau</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir, <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">but Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: nā·sa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">went on</a> <a href="/hebrew/5523.htm" title="5523: suk·kō·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Or Cukkoth; plural of cukkah; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine.">to Succoth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">where he built</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bā·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/5521.htm" title="5521: suk·kōṯ (N-fp) -- A thicket, booth. Fem of cok; a hut or lair.">and shelters</a> <a href="/hebrew/4735.htm" title="4735: ū·lə·miq·nê·hū (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Cattle. From qanah; something bought, i.e. Property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition.">for his livestock;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">that is why</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">was called</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5523.htm" title="5523: suk·kō·wṯ (N-proper-fs) -- Or Cukkoth; plural of cukkah; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine.">Succoth.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-27.htm">Joshua 13:27</a></span><br />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 the Sea of Chinnereth).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/8-5.htm">Judges 8:5-6</a></span><br />So 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.” / But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/8-8.htm">Judges 8:8-9</a></span><br />From 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. / So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-9.htm">1 Chronicles 5:9</a></span><br />They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-16.htm">1 Chronicles 5:16</a></span><br />They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6</a></span><br />Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-18.htm">2 Samuel 19:18</a></span><br />and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-31.htm">2 Samuel 19:31</a></span><br />Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13</a></span><br />Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-6.htm">Psalm 60:6-8</a></span><br />God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth. / Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter. / Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/108-7.htm">Psalm 108:7-9</a></span><br />God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth. / Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter. / Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a></span><br />The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9</a></span><br />By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13</a></span><br />All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Hebrews 11:16</a></span><br />Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Succoth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/13-27.htm">Joshua 13:27</a></b></br> And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and <i>his</i> border, <i>even</i> unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-5.htm">Judges 8:5,8,16</a></b></br> And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they <i>be</i> faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a></b></br> In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.</p><p class="hdg">not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a></b></br> And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot <i>that were</i> men, beside children.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-20.htm">Exodus 13:20</a></b></br> And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.</p><p class="hdg">Succoth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/7-2.htm">Booths</a> <a href="/genesis/26-25.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-3.htm">Built</a> <a href="/genesis/33-14.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/31-7.htm">However</a> <a href="/genesis/33-15.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/32-32.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/mark/9-5.htm">Shelters</a> <a href="/psalms/108-7.htm">Succoth</a> <a href="/genesis/32-21.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Booths</a> <a href="/genesis/35-7.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/genesis/35-7.htm">Built</a> <a href="/genesis/34-5.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/34-19.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/34-12.htm">However</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/35-5.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/genesis/34-5.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/41-31.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Shelters</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Succoth</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/genesis/35-5.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">Jacob comes to Succoth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">At Shechem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El Elohe Israel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/33.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/33.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>but Jacob went on to Succoth</b><br>Jacob's journey to Succoth follows his reconciliation with Esau. Succoth, meaning "booths" or "shelters," is located east of the Jordan River. This movement signifies a transition from a nomadic lifestyle to a more settled existence. The choice of Succoth may reflect Jacob's desire for a temporary respite after his long journey and the emotional encounter with Esau.<p><b>where he built a house for himself</b><br>Building a house indicates a shift from Jacob's previous life as a wanderer. This act of settling down suggests a period of stability and security. In the broader biblical narrative, building a house can symbolize establishing a legacy or a new beginning, as seen in David's desire to build a house for the Lord (2 Samuel 7).<p><b>and shelters for his livestock</b><br>The construction of shelters for livestock highlights Jacob's wealth and the importance of his possessions. Livestock were a primary measure of wealth and sustenance in ancient times. This action also reflects Jacob's responsibility and care for his resources, ensuring their protection and well-being.<p><b>that is why the place was called Succoth</b><br>The naming of Succoth is directly tied to Jacob's actions. In biblical tradition, naming places often commemorates significant events or divine encounters, as seen with Bethel (<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a>). The name Succoth serves as a lasting reminder of Jacob's temporary settlement and the provision he made for his family and livestock.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch who is returning from his time with Laban and has just reconciled with his brother Esau. Jacob is a central figure in the account, representing God's covenant people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/succoth.htm">Succoth</a></b><br>A location east of the Jordan River where Jacob settles temporarily. The name "Succoth" means "booths" or "shelters," reflecting the temporary structures Jacob built there.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shelters_for_livestock.htm">Shelters for Livestock</a></b><br>Jacob constructs these shelters, indicating his wealth and the importance of his livestock. This act also shows his practical wisdom and care for his possessions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_for_himself.htm">House for Himself</a></b><br>Jacob builds a more permanent structure for his family, signifying a temporary settlement and a moment of rest after his journey.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/journey.htm">Journey</a></b><br>This event is part of Jacob's larger journey back to the land of his fathers, fulfilling God's promise to bring him back safely.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._permanent.htm">Temporary vs. Permanent</a></b><br>Jacob's building of temporary shelters and a house reflects the balance between temporary and permanent in our lives. We should recognize the transient nature of our earthly journey while preparing for our eternal home.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_protection.htm">God's Provision and Protection</a></b><br>Jacob's safe arrival and settlement in Succoth demonstrate God's faithfulness in providing and protecting His people. We can trust God to guide us through our journeys.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reconciliation_and_rest.htm">Reconciliation and Rest</a></b><br>After reconciling with Esau, Jacob finds a place of rest. Reconciliation with others can lead to peace and rest in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_stewardship.htm">Practical Stewardship</a></b><br>Jacob's care for his livestock shows the importance of stewardship. We are called to wisely manage the resources God has entrusted to us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/succoth_valley__meaning,_location.htm">What is the meaning and location of Succoth Valley?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/approach_limitations.htm">What is the meaning and location of Succoth Valley?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_laban_pursuit_in_genesis_33.htm">Why is there no mention of repercussions or pursuit from Laban, despite prior tensions, when Jacob meets Esau in Genesis 33?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jacob_and_esau_reconcile_quickly.htm">How could Jacob and Esau reconcile so suddenly in Genesis 33:4 after years of hostility, and is there historical evidence for Esau's 400 men?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">JACOB'S SETTLEMENT IN CANAAN.--DINAH'S WRONG, AND THE FIERCE VENGEANCE OF SIMEON AND LEVI</span> (<a href="/genesis/33-17.htm" title="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.">Genesis 33:17</a> to <a href="/genesis/34-31.htm" title="And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?">Genesis 34:31</a>.).<p>(17) <span class= "bld">Succoth.</span>--That is, <span class= "ital">booths. </span>There are two claimants for identification with Jacob's Succoth, of which the one is in the tribe of Gad, on the east of the Jordan, in the corner formed by that river and the Jabbok; the other is the place still called Sak-t, on the west of the Jordan, but as it lies ten miles to the north. of the junction of the Jordan and Jabbok, it is not likely that Jacob would go so far out of his way.<p><span class= "bld">Jacob . . . built him an house, and made booths for his cattle.</span>--This is something quite unusual, as the cattle in Palestine remain in the open air all the year round, and the fact that the place retained the name of the booths shows that it was noticed as remarkable. But the fact, coupled with the right translation of <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm" title="And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.">Genesis 33:18</a>, is a strong but undesigned testimony to the truth of the narrative. Jacob had been pursued by Laban, and suffered much from anxiety and the labour attendant upon the hurried removal of so large a household. Delivered from danger in the rear, he has to face a greater danger in front, and passes many days and nights in terror. At last Esau is close at hand, and having done all that man could do, he stays behind to recover himself, and prepare for the dreaded meeting next day. But instead of a few calm restful hours he has to wrestle fiercely all night, and when at sunrise he moves. forward he finds that he has sprained his hip. He gets through the interview with Esan with much feeling, agitated alternately by fear, and hope, and joy, enduring all the while his bodily pain as best he can, and then, delivered from all danger, he breaks down. The word "journeyed" simply means that he broke up his camp from the high ground where he had met his brother, and went into the corner close by, where the two rivers would both protect him and provide his cattle with water and herbage. And there he not only put up some protection, probably wattled enclosures made with branches of trees, for his cattle, but built a house for himself--something, that is, more solid than a tent: and there he lay until he was healed of his lameness. The strained sinew would require some months of perfect rest before Jacob could move about; but it was healed, for "Jacob came whole and sound to the city of Shechem." (See next verse.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/33-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">but Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַעֲקֹב֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went on</span><br /><span class="heb">נָסַ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(nā·sa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Succoth,</span><br /><span class="heb">סֻכֹּ֔תָה</span> <span class="translit">(suk·kō·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5523.htm">Strong's 5523: </a> </span><span class="str2">Succoth -- a city East of the Jordan, also a place in Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where he built</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּ֥בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yi·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a house</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֑יִת</span> <span class="translit">(bā·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for himself</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">and shelters</span><br /><span class="heb">סֻכֹּ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(suk·kōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5521.htm">Strong's 5521: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thicket, booth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for his livestock;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְמִקְנֵ֙הוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·miq·nê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4735.htm">Strong's 4735: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that is why</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the place</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was called</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Succoth.</span><br /><span class="heb">סֻכּֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(suk·kō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5523.htm">Strong's 5523: </a> </span><span class="str2">Succoth -- a city East of the Jordan, also a place in Egypt</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">OT Law: Genesis 33:17 Jacob traveled to Succoth built himself (Gen. 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