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and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make (A)an altar there to God, (B)who answered me in the day of my distress and (C)has been with me [a]wherever I have gone.” So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which [b]they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [c]oak which was near Shechem.

Then they journeyed on, and there was [d](D)a terror from God upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:3 Lit in the way which
  2. Genesis 35:4 Lit were in their hand
  3. Genesis 35:4 Or terebinth
  4. Genesis 35:5 Or a terror of God

Let’s get up and go to Bethel. I will make an altar there for God, who answered me in the day when I was in trouble and who has been with me wherever I have traveled.”

They gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

They set out, and terror from God fell on the cities that were around them, so they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

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