Genesis 33:17

Genesis 33:17

15 And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? ^aLet me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

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

17 And Jacob journeyed to ^aSuccoth, built himself a house, and made¹ booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called² Succoth.

Jacob Comes to Canaan

18 Then Jacob came¹ safely to ^athe city of ^bShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.

19 And ^ahe bought the parcel of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.

20 Then he erected an altar there and called it ^aEl Elohe Israel.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Jacob journeyed to Succoth—that is, "booths," that being the first station at which Jacob halted on his arrival in Canaan. His posterity, when dwelling in houses of stone, built a city there and called it Succoth, to commemorate the fact that their ancestor, "a Syrian ready to perish" [Deuteronomy 26:5], was glad to dwell in booths.

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