¹⁷ Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth,^(A) where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.^[a]

⁵ He said to the men of Sukkoth,^(A) “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out,^(B) and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna,^(C) the kings of Midian.”

¹⁶ He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson^(A) by punishing them with desert thorns and briers.

⁸ From there he went up to Peniel^[a](A) and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had.

⁴⁶ The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain^(A) of the Jordan between Sukkoth^(B) and Zarethan.^(C)

¹⁴ He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth,^(A) the elders^(B) of the town.

²⁰ After leaving Sukkoth^(A) they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.^(B)