Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 33:17
Built him an house, which doubtless was some slight building, because he intended not to stay there.
Built him an house, which doubtless was some slight building, because he intended not to stay there.
Verse Genesis 33:17. _JOURNEYED TO SUCCOTH_] So called from סכת _succoth_, the _booths_ or _tents_ which Jacob erected there for the resting and convenience of his family, who in all probability conti...
- Jacob and Esau Meet 17. סכת _sûkkôth_, Sukkoth, “booths,” consisting of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or grass. 19. חמור _chămôr_ Chamor, “ass, red, heap.” קשׂיטה _q__e__s...
CHAPTER 33 THE RECONCILIATION OF ESAU _ 1. Jacob meets Esau (Genesis 33:1)_ 2. In the city of Shechem and the altar erected (Genesis 33:18) The reconciliation is effected, but Jacob is the same man...
GENESIS 33. THE RECONCILIATION OF JACOB AND ESAU. Genesis 33:1 is in the main from J, but bits of E have been woven in (Genesis 33:5_ b_, Genesis 33:10_ b_,...
_Succoth_ This verse preserves the traditional explanation of the origin of the name _Succoth_, "booths," "huts"; LXX σκῆναι. The site of Succoth is not yet identified with any certainty. From this pa...
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 Jordan, and was not far from it....
2. _Jacob's Reconciliation with Esau: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis 32:1 to Genesis 33:17) 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's...
_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._ Jacob journeyed to Succoth - [Hebrew, _ CUKOT_ (H5521), bo...
33:17 Succoth. (b-26) Booths, or huts....
1-16.Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan....
SUCCOTH] 'booths,' S. of the Jabbok and on the E side of Jordan. Succoth and Penuel are mentioned together in Judges 8....
‘Succoth’ means ‘shelters’. V18 So Jacob had come from Paddan-aram. He arrived safely at the city that was called Shechem. Shechem is in the country that is called *Canaan. And he put his tent in fro...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 33 ESAU AND JACOB MEET V1 Jacob saw that Esau approached. And 400 men came with him. So Jacob divided the children into 4 groups. Leah and Rachel...
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 gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
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. — That is, _booths._ There are two claimants for identificat...
וְ יַעֲקֹב֙ נָסַ֣ע סֻכֹּ֔תָה וַ יִּ֥בֶן לֹ֖ו
JACOB AND ESAU RECONCILED Genesis 33:1 Many things, like this meeting with Esau, are worse in anticipation than in actuality. The brothers were on the same old terms as before that filching of Isaac'...
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 once more clearly evident. It is patent that fear o...
THE REUNION WITH ESAU When Jacob saw Esau coming, he divided his family into three groups. The maidservants formed a group with their children, Leah formed one with hers and Rachel brought up the rear...
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....
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
17._And Jacob journeyed to Succoth_. In the word Succoth, as Moses shortly afterwards shows, there is a prolepsis. It is probable that Jacob rested there for some days, that he might refresh his famil...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...
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, so called by anticipation, for it had its name from w...
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. _Built him an house, and made booths._] So did his...
_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 up booths for his cattle, and built a house; doubt...
1 The kindnesse of Iacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Iacob commeth to Succoth. 18 At Salem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an Altar called Elohe Israel. 1 AND Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked...
Jacob Returns to Canaan...
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). Jacob, from the neighborhood of Peniel, turned towar...
SIXTH SECTION _Jacobs settlement in Canaan. At Succoth. At Shechem. Dinah. Simeon and Levi. The first manifestation of Jewish fanaticism. Jacob’s rebuke, and removal to Bethel_ GENESIS 33:17 TO GENE...
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 men to meet Jacob. He even divides his family at this...
SUCCOTH: that is, booths...
17-20 Jacob did not content himself with words of thanks for God's favour to him, but gave real thanks. Also he kept up religion, and the worship of God in his family. Where we have a tent, God must...
& Gen 34:1-31 We may here see how groundless were all Jacob's fears, and how useless all his plans. Notwithstanding the wrestling, the touching the hollow of the thigh, and the halting, we find Jacob...
Genesis 33:17 Jacob H3290 journeyed H5265 (H8804) Succoth H5523 built H1129 (H8799) house H1004 made H6213 ...
‘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).' Succoth was later a city in the territory assig...
CONTENTS: Jacob meets Esau. Settles in Canaan. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Esau, Leah, Rachael, Joseph. CONCLUSION: How groundless are all the Christian's fears and how useless all his self-devised plans. «W...
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 his brother. Homage of this kind was first paid to the...
_Jacob journeyed to Succoth_ LESSONS 1. Providence in love carrieth on his own after removing of blocks from their way. 2. The movings and journeyings of his own, providence guides, as of the wick...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 33:17 SUCCOTH is in the Jordan Valley near where the Jabbok River joins the Jordan River. SHECHEM, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Succoth, was the first place named in connecti...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 33:1 Having met the Lord at Peniel, Jacob is reconciled with Esau. ⇐ ⇔...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 33:17. Made booths for his cattle.] “_Booths,_ or folds, composed of upright stakes wattled together, and sheltered with leafy branches.” (_Murphy._)— GENESIS 33:18. SHALEM,...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 33:1, GENESIS 33:2 AND JACOB, having the day before dispatched his conciliatory gift to Esau, turned his back upon the Jabbok, having crossed to the south bank, if the previous nig...
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and the two handmaidens (Genesis 33:1). In oth...
Succoth. Joshua 13:27 Judges 8:5 Judges 8:8 Judges 8:16 1 Kings 7:46...