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Genesis 35:5

Israel
Protection and safety

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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.

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of 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 fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:10

    And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

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  • Psalms 14:5

    There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

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  • Joshua 5:1

    And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

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  • Joshua 2:9–11

    And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

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  • Exodus 15:15–16

    Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

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  • Exodus 34:24

    For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:15

    And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

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