Catholic Public Domain Version
"And when they had set out, the terror of God invaded all the surrounding cities, and they dared not pursue them as they withdrew. "
— Genesis 35:5, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. ”
“They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.”
“and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.”
“And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.”
“So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.”
“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.”
In truth, Jacob, having called together all his house, said: “Cast away the foreign gods that are in your midst and be cleansed, and also change your garments.
Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, so that we may make an altar there to God, who heeded me in the day of my tribulation, and who accompanied me on my journey.”
Therefore, they gave him all the foreign gods which they had, and the earrings which were in their ears. And then he buried them under the terebinth tree, which is beyond the city of Shechem.
And when they had set out, the terror of God invaded all the surrounding cities, and they dared not pursue them as they withdrew.
And so, Jacob arrived at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, also named Bethel: he and all the people with him.
And he built an altar there, and he called the name of that place, ‘House of God.’ For there, God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.
About the same time, Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried at the base of Bethel, under an oak tree. And the name of that place was called, ‘Oak of Weeping.’