And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods, which were in their hands, and all their [a]earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak, which was by Shechem.

Then they went on their journey, and the [b]fear of God was upon the cities that were round about them: so that they did not follow after the sons of Jacob.

¶ So came Jacob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Bethel) he and all the people that were with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:4 For therein was some sign of superstition, as in tablets and Agnus deis.
  2. Genesis 35:5 Thus, notwithstanding the inconvenience that came before, God delivered Jacob.

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