And Jacob said to his (A)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (B)the foreign gods that are among you, (C)purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, (D)who answered me in the day of my distress (E)and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” So they gave Jacob all the foreign [a]gods which were in their hands, and the (F)earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under (G)the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

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  1. Genesis 35:4 idols

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 clothes; then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered 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; and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.

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