Genesis 33 · Verse 17

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.
Genesis 33:17, King James Version

Genesis 33:17 in other translations

BSBbut 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.
WEBJacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
ASVAnd Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
YLTand 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.
DARBYAnd Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth.
BBEAnd Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.
WebsterAnd Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

What does Genesis 33:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 33:17-20
Jacob did not content himself with words of thanks for God's favour to him, but gave real thanks. Also he kept up religion, and the worship of God in his family. Where we have a tent, God must have an altar. Jacob dedicated this altar to the honour of El-elohe-Israel, God, the God of Israel; to the honour of God, the only living and true God; and to the honour of the God of Israel, as a God in covenant with him. Israel's God is Israel's glory. Blessed be his name, he is still the mighty God, the God of Israel. May we praise his name, and rejoice in his love, through our pilgrimage here on earth, and for ever in the heavenly Canaan.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 33:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיַעֲקֹב֙ve.ya.'a.Koand JacobH3290
נָסַ֣עna.Sa'he set outH5265
סֻכֹּ֔תָהsu.Ko.tahSuccoth towardsH5523
וַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
ל֖וֹlofor <the> himself
בָּ֑יִתBa.yita houseH1004
וּלְמִקְנֵ֙הוּ֙u.le.mik.Ne.huand for livestock hisH4735
עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahhe madeH6213
סֻכֹּ֔תsu.KotsheltersH5521
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֛ןken-foreH3651
קָרָ֥אka.Ra'he calledH7121
שֵׁם\־shem-[the] name ofH8034
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
סֻכּֽוֹת\׃\ \סsu.KotSuccothH5523

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Cross references for Genesis 33:17

  • Psalms 60:6

    God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  • Judges 8:5

    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.

  • Joshua 13:27

    And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, 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 8:8

    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

    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

    And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

  • 1 Kings 7:46

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

  • Exodus 13:20

    And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

  • Judges 8:14

    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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Succoth.
Jos 13:27; Jud 8:5,8,16; 1Ki 7:46; Ps 60:6
not.
Ex 12:37; 13:20
Succoth. i.e., Booths.Succoth was on the east of Jordan, between the brook Jabbok and that river, about 40 miles from Jerusalem, and consequently near Penuel; where a city was afterwards built, which Joshua assigned to the tribe of Gad. Jerome says, that Succoth was in the district of Scythopolis; and the Jews inform us, that the name of Darala was sometime after applied to it.

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Context

  • Genesis 33:16

    So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 33:18

    And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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Genesis 33:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jacob se partió á Succoth, y edificó allí casa para sí, é hizo cabañas para su ganado: por tanto llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Succoth.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et Jacob s’en alla à Succoth, et bâtit une maison pour lui, et fit des cabanes pour son bétail: c’est pourquoi on appela le nom du lieu Succoth.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jakob brach auf nach Sukkoth und baute sich ein Haus, und seinem Vieh machte er Hütten; darum gab er dem Orte den Namen Sukkoth.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et Jacob venit in Socoth: ubi ædificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Socoth, id est, Tabernacula.