Genesis 35:2–4
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35:2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you.4 Purify yourselves and change your clothes.535:3Let us go up at once6 to Bethel. Then I will make7 an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress8 and has been with me wherever I went.”9
35:4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession10 and the rings that were in their ears.11 Jacob buried them12 under the oak13 near Shechem
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- 4 Heb “which are in your midst.”
- 5 The actions of removing false gods, becoming ritually clean, and changing garments would become necessary steps in Israel when approaching the Lord in worship.
- 6 Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.
- 7 The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.
- 8 Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.
- 9 Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).
- 10 Heb “in their hand.”
- 11 On the basis of a comparison with Gen 34 and Num 31, G. J. Wenham argues that the foreign gods and the rings could have been part of the plunder that came from the destruction of Shechem (Genesis [], 2:).
- 12 Jacob buried them. On the burial of the gods, see E. Nielson, “The Burial of the Foreign Gods,” 8 (1954/55): 102–22.
- 13 Or “terebinth.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.” So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”
Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing. We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are in your midst and purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us make ready and let us go up to Bethel, so that I can make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my trouble, and who has been with me on the way that I have gone.” So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hands, and the ornamental rings that were in their ears. And Jacob buried them under the oak which was near Shechem.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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: 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. 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.
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