35:4 So 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
sn 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 [WBC], 2:324).
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snJacob buried them. On the burial of the gods, see E. Nielson, “The Burial of the Foreign Gods,” ST 8 (1954/55): 102–22.