Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 33:16-20
16So thatH1931 dayH3117 EsauH6215 started on his wayH1870 backH7725 to SeirH8165, 17but JacobH3290 went onH5265 to SuccothH5523,1 where he builtH1129 a houseH1004 for himself and sheltersH5521 for his livestockH4735H6213; that is whyH5921H3651 the placeH4725 was calledH7121H8034 SuccothH5523.
18After JacobH3290 had comeH935 from Paddan-aramH6307H758,2 he arrivedH935 safelyH8003 at the cityH5892 of ShechemH7927 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, and he campedH2583H854 just outsideH6440 the cityH5892. 19And the plotH2513 of groundH7704 whereH834 he pitchedH5186H8033 his tentH168, he purchasedH7069 fromH3027 the sonsH1121 of HamorH2544, Shechem’sH7927 fatherH1, for a hundredH3967 pieces of silverH7192.3 20ThereH8033 he set upH5324 an altarH4196 and calledH7121 it El-Elohe-IsraelH410H430H3478.4
Notes
- 1. Genesis 33:17 Succoth means booths or shelters or tabernacles; twice in this verse. ↩
- 2. Genesis 33:18 That is, northwest Mesopotamia ↩
- 3. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew a hundred kesitahs; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known ↩
- 4. Genesis 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel. ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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