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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.

KJV

Et Jacob venit in Socoth : ubi ædificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Socoth, id est, Tabernacula.

Vulgate

καὶ Ἰακὼβ ἀπαίρει εἰς Σκηνάς· καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ἐκεῖ οἰκίας, καὶ τοῖς κτήνεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν σκηνάς· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Σκηναί.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/יַעֲקֹב֙ נָסַ֣ע סֻכֹּ֔תָ/ה וַ/יִּ֥בֶן ל֖/וֹ בָּ֑יִת וּ/לְ/מִקְנֵ֨/הוּ֙ עָשָׂ֣ה סֻכֹּ֔ת עַל כֵּ֛ן קָרָ֥א שֵׁם הַ/מָּק֖וֹם סֻכּֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JacobJacob
Places Succoth

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
סֻכּ֖וֹת
skvt
proper_noun · 18×
סֻּכּֽוֹת
skvt
noun · 31×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 7:46 — In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
  • Josh 13:27 — And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, 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
  • Josh 13:27 — And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, 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
  • Judg 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.
  • Judg 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.
  • Judg 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.
  • Judg 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.
  • Lev 23:42 — Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
  • Neh 8:14 — And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
  • Ps 60:6 — God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.