Genesis 33:17
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.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.
Cross References
Exodus 13:20And the children of Israel departed from Socchoth, and encamped in Othom by the wilderness.
Judges 8:5And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
Judges 8:14And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
1 Kings 7:46All these were of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the + 7:46 Gr. chapiters, mouldings, etc.top, and outward to the great court,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:17-20
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 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. 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. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there… Read the whole commentary →