Genesis 33:12-17

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”
13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.
17 Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.[a]

Cross References 7

  • 1. ver 8
  • 2. Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 31:8
  • 3. Exodus 12:38
  • 4. S Genesis 14:6; Genesis 32:3
  • 5. S Genesis 32:5; Genesis 34:11; Genesis 47:25; Ruth 2:13
  • 6. S Genesis 14:6
  • 7. Joshua 13:27; Jdg 8:5,6,8,14-16; 1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17; Psalms 60:6; Psalms 108:7

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Sukkoth" means "shelters."
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