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Genesis 35:5

Israel
Protection and safety

3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4 So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6 So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7 There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

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BSB
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
KJV
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
WEB
They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
ASV
And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
DARBY
And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
BLB
And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] all around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
ÅB
Så brøt de opp, og en redsel fra Gud kom over byene rundt omkring dem, så de ikke forfulgte Jakobs sønner.
OTB
Mens de reiste, falt en stor redsel fra Gud over byene rundt dem, så ingen forfulgte Jakobs sønner.
B1930
Så brøt de op, og en redsel fra Gud kom over byene rundt omkring dem, så de ikke forfulgte Jakobs sønner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 23:27

    I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:10

    And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

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  • Psalms 14:5

    There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

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  • Joshua 5:1

    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

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  • Joshua 2:9–11

    and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

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  • Exodus 15:15–16

    Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

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  • Exodus 34:24

    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:15

    Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.

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