Verse 17

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

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 13:27 : 27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan's bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
  • Judg 8:5 : 5 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, the kings of Midian."
  • Ps 60:6 : 6 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
  • Judg 8:16 : 16 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 did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
  • Exod 12:37 : 37 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
  • Exod 13:20 : 20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
  • Judg 8:14 : 14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.