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Genesis 33:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

17 and Jacob broke camp for Succoth.[a] There Jacob built a home for himself and made booths for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth.

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  1. 33:17 Succoth: an important town near the confluence of the Jabbok and the Jordan (Jos 13:27; Jgs 8:5–16; 1 Kgs 7:46). Booths: in Hebrew, sukkot, of the same sound as the name of the town.
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