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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.

And they gave {H5414} unto Jacob {H3290} all the strange {H5236} gods {H430} which were in their hand {H3027}, and all their earrings {H5141} which were in their ears {H241}; and Jacob {H3290} hid {H2934} them under the oak {H424} which was by Shechem {H7927}.

They gave Ya'akov all the foreign gods in their possession and the earrings they were wearing, and Ya'akov buried them under the pistachio tree near Sh'khem.

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 9:6 (5 votes)

    And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.

  • Exodus 32:20 (4 votes)

    And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].

  • Isaiah 30:22 (4 votes)

    Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  • Judges 8:24 (4 votes)

    And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)

  • Judges 8:27 (4 votes)

    And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

  • Exodus 32:2 (4 votes)

    And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.

  • Exodus 32:4 (4 votes)

    And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.