So they gave Jacob all the foreign [a]gods which were in their hands, and the (A)earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under (B)the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

And they journeyed, and (C)the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to (D)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

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  1. Genesis 35:4 idols

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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