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Genesis 35:5

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35:5and they started on their journey.14 The surrounding cities were afraid of God,15 and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “and they journeyed.”
  2. 15 Heb “and the fear of God was upon the cities which were round about them.” The expression “fear of God” apparently refers (1) to a fear of God (objective genitive; God is the object of their fear). (2) But it could mean “fear from God,” that is, fear which God placed in them (cf. “a terror from God”). Another option (3) is that the divine name is used as a superlative here, referring to “tremendous fear” (cf. “were panic-stricken”; “a great terror”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

NLTNew Living Translation

As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then they set out on their journey, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, so that they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

KJV 1900King 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.