So Jacob said to his (A)household and to all who were with him, “Remove (B)the foreign gods which are among you, and (C)purify yourselves and change your garments; and let’s arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make (D)an altar there to God, (E)who answered me on the day of my distress and (F)has been with me [a]wherever I have gone.” So they gave 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.

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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

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