Verse 17

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.}

Referenced Verses

• 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, the Jordan and the border [of it], 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 like manner; 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 the elders of it, seventy-seven men.