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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:3 Lit in the way which
  2. Genesis 35:4 Lit were in their hand
  3. Genesis 35:4 Or terebinth

So Jacob said to his household(A) and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods(B) you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.(C) Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,(D) who answered me in the day of my distress(E) and who has been with me wherever I have gone.(F) So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears,(G) and Jacob buried them under the oak(H) at Shechem.(I)

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