Jacob at Shechem

Esau having departed, Jacob journeyed to Succoth, a place lying in all likelihood east of the Jordan. The name Succoth is expressive of Jacob's engagements at the place so named. Here he built "him a house, and made booths for his cattle." At this place then Jacob, it appears, fixed himself down, so to say, for a con­tinued residence of some years. As Dinah was some six years old at the time of Jacob's departure from Haran, it is necessary to suppose that this residence at Succoth and Shechem...