Genesis 33:17

Built him an house, which doubtless was some slight building, because he intended not to stay there.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob and Esau Meet 17. סכת sûkkôth , Sukkoth, “booths,” consisting of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or grass. 19...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33. The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. Genesis 33:1-17 is in the main from J, but bits of E have been woven in ( Genesis 33:5 b ,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth. In the word Succoth, as Moses shortly afterwards shows, there is a prolepsis. It is probable that Jacob r...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Journeyed...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Journeyed to Succoth, &c.— From the booths or tents which Jacob pitched here the place was called Succoth. It lay on the east of the river...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Ja...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Succoth ] 'booths,' S. of the Jabbok and on the E side of Jordan. Succoth and Penuel are mentioned together in Judges 8 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

JACOB’S SETTLEMENT IN CANAAN. — DINAH’S WRONG, AND THE FIERCE VENGEANCE OF SIMEON AND LEVI ( Genesis 33:17 to Genesis 34:31 .). (17) Succoth....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob and Esau Reconciled Genesis 33:1-17 Many things, like this meeting with Esau, are worse in anticipation than in actuality. The brothers w...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning broke and Jacob-or Israel as he had now become- went forward to meet Esau. How strange a mixture there was in the make-up of this man is...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Succoth, so called from the booths erected there. Hebrews 11:9 . Observe: this is not the Succoth mentioned in Exodus 13:20 , but Judges 8:5 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth ,.... Perhaps after he had been at Seir, and stayed there some little time. Succoth was on the other side of Jordan,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 17....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jacob journeyed to Succoth A place afterward known by that name, in the tribe of Gad, on the other side Jordan; here he rested for the present, set...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BROTHERS MEET AGAIN Jacob's trepidation is not eased when he sees that Esau has passed by all the droves and is coming with his four hundred m...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths for his cattle. That is why the name of the place is called Succoth (booths...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 33:17 . Made booths for his cattle.] “ Booths, or folds, composed of upright stakes wattled together, and sheltered wit...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 33:3 . Bowed himself to the ground. He then rose and walked a little farther, and bowed again; so he did seven times until he approached h...
The Biblical Illustrator

Jacob journeyed to Succoth Lessons 1. Providence in love carrieth on his own after removing of blocks from their way. 2. The movings and j...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 33:1 , Genesis 33:2 And Jacob , having the day before dispatched his conciliatory gift to Esau, turned his back up...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Returns to Canaan
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 (booths). J...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Succoth. Joshua 13:27 Judges 8:5 Judges 8:8 Judges 8:16 1 Kings 7:46 Psalms 60:6 not. Exodus 12:37 Exodus 13:20 Succoth. i.e., Booths...

¹⁷ And Jacob journeyed to Succoth,d and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 33:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 33:17