NET Bible
"and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob."
— Genesis 35:5, NET Bible
“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 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.”
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him,“Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem
and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
(Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)