Verse 17

But Jacob went to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.

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  • Josh 13:27 : 27 In the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon—the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, along with the Jordan and its boundary, reaching as far as the edge of the Sea of Kinnereth on the eastern side of the Jordan.
  • Judg 8:5 : 5 He said to the men of Succoth, 'Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'
  • Ps 60:6 : 6 You have given a banner to those who fear you, to be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, but they answered him just as the men of Succoth had.
  • Judg 8:16 : 16 He then took the elders of the city, along with thorns and briers from the wilderness, and used them to teach the men of Succoth a lesson.
  • 1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
  • Exod 12:37 : 37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
  • Exod 13:20 : 20 After leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
  • Judg 8:14 : 14 He captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the leaders of Succoth and its elders—seventy-seven men.