Genesis 35:5

So Israel departed from Shechem, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Shechem, and destroyed them to this day.

6And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, which is Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:15Then the princes of Edom, 1 And the chiefs of the Moabites hastened; 1 Trembling took hold upon them, 1 All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. 1

Exodus 34:24For when I shall have cast out the nations before thy face, and shall have enlarged thy coasts, no one shall desire thy land, whenever thou mayest go up to appear before the Lord thy God, three times in the year.

Joshua 2:9and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

1 Samuel 11:7And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man.

2 Chronicles 14:13And they destroyed their towns round about Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil.

2 Chronicles 17:10And a terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the land round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:2-6

Jacob Summoned to Bethel; Jacob's Journeys towards Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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