Genesis 33:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Josh 13:27 : 27 And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.
  • Judg 8:5 : 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
  • Ps 60:6 : 6 God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.
  • Judg 8:16 : 16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.
  • 1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.
  • Exod 12:37 : 37 And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.
  • Exod 13:20 : 20 Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.
  • Judg 8:14 : 14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

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    5 So the children of Israel went from Rameses and put up their tents in Succoth.

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    18 So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

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    16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

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    6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

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    16 So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

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    15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

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    8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

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    5 How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!

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