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Genesis 32–33: On Jacob’s Rumbling Reconciliation with Esau and a Main Event Even Better Than WrestleMania III’s (Bible Talk, Ep. 11)

Bible Talk — A podcast by 9Marks & Southern Seminary

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The Name of the Place Is in Sukhoth

In verse 17, Jacob journeyed to Sukhoth and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. The mention of the booze is supposed to recall to mind the fact that when Israel leaves Exodus, they're no longer living in houses where they can put blood on door posts. Once they leave, they're now living in booths. And you can see that in Leviticus. So again, I would just submit that when Jose at 12 looks at the story of Jacob and sees in it a pattern of the Exodus, these are the types of evidences he sees in the text that would lead him to that conclusion.

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