Genesis 33:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Jacob{H3290} journeyed{H5265} to Succoth,{H5523} and built{H1129} him a house,{H1004} and made{H6213} booths{H5521} for his cattle:{H4735} therefore the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} is called{H7121} Succoth.{H5523}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Jacob{H3290} journeyed{H5265}{(H8804)} to Succoth{H5523}, and built{H1129}{(H8799)} him an house{H1004}, and made{H6213}{(H8804)} booths{H5521} for his cattle{H4735}: therefore the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} is called{H7121}{(H8804)} Succoth{H5523}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Iacob toke his iourney toward Sucoth and bylt him an house and made boothes for his catell: wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and Iacob toke his iourney towarde Sucoth, and buylded him an house, and made tetes for his catell. Therfore is the place called Sucoth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Iaakob went forwarde towarde Succoth, and built him an house, & made boothes for his cattell: therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Iacob toke his iourney towarde Suchoth, and buylt him an house, and made boothes for his cattell: and therefore is it, that the name of the place is called Suchoth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his cattle. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.{succoth means shelters or booths.}

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 13:27 : 27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and its border, even to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
  • Judg 8:5 : 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
  • Ps 60:6 : 6 God has spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
  • Judg 8:16 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 In the plain of the Jordan, the king cast them, in clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
  • Exod 12:37 : 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.
  • Exod 13:20 : 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and camped in Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.
  • Judg 8:14 : 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described to him the princes of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 33:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 And the children of Israel moved from Rameses, and camped in Succoth.

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

  • Gen 33:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    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 piece of land where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

  • Judg 8:16
    69%

    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.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

    7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

  • Gen 33:16
    67%

    16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

  • Gen 37:1
    67%

    1 And Jacob lived in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 35:15
    67%

    15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

  • Gen 31:25
    67%

    25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

  • Judg 8:8
    66%

    8 And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

  • Gen 35:1
    66%

    1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

  • Gen 28:10-11
    2 verses
    65%

    10 And Jacob departed from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

    11 And he came upon a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of that place, and put it for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep.

  • Exod 13:20
    65%

    20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and camped in Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.

  • Gen 29:1
    65%

    1 Then Jacob continued his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

  • Gen 35:27
    64%

    27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived.

  • Gen 28:19
    64%

    19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at first.

  • Num 24:5
    63%

    5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!

  • Gen 13:3
    63%

    3 And he traveled on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

  • Gen 35:3
    63%

    3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Gen 25:27
    63%

    27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a skilled hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a simple man, dwelling in tents.

  • Gen 35:21
    63%

    21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

  • Gen 12:8
    63%

    8 And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.

  • Gen 31:18
    63%

    18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock that he had acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

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    63%

    2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's camp: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 46:1
    63%

    1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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