Genesis 33:17

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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.

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    5The Israelites journeyed from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

    6They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

  • Gen 33:18-19
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    18Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, after his journey from Paddan Aram, and he camped near the city.

    19He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

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    16He 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.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

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

  • Gen 37:1
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    1Jacob settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.

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    15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

  • Gen 31:25
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    25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives camped in the hill country of Gilead.

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    8From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, but they answered him just as the men of Succoth had.

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    1God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

  • Gen 28:10-11
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    10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

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  • Exod 13:20
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    20After leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

  • Gen 29:1
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    1Jacob lifted his feet and set out toward the land of the people of the east.

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    27Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.

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    19He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.

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    5How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel!

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    3He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

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    3"Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."

  • Gen 25:27
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    27The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents.

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    21Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

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    18He drove all his livestock and all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan Aram to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

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    2Jacob went on his way, and angels of God met him.

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    1Israel set out with everything he had and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.