Holy Scripture
Genesis 33:17
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 17) And Jacob built a house there for himself, and he built shelters for his livestock; therefore he called the name of that place Tabernacles. Where we have tents, it is read in Hebrew as Sochoth. Furthermore, until today, there is a city beyond the Jordan with this name in the region of Scythopolis, about whi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.
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15And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favor before thee, my lord.
16And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.
— Genesis 33:17 —
18And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.
19And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Hamor the father of Shechem, for a hundred lambs.