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So they [both young men and women] gave to Jacob all the strange gods they had and their earrings which were [worn as charms against evil] in their ears; and Jacob buried and hid them under the oak near Shechem.

And they journeyed and a terror from God fell on the towns round about them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to Luz, that is, Bethel, which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people with him.

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So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears,(A) and Jacob buried them under the oak(B) at Shechem.(C) Then they set out, and the terror of God(D) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.(E)

Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz(F) (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.(G)

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