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Genesis 35:4

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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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  1. Genesis 35:2

    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:

  2. Genesis 35:3

    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.

  3. Genesis 35:5

    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.

  4. Genesis 35:6

    So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

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