Genesis 35:4

God Blesses and Renames Jacob

⁴ So they gave Jacob all the foreign ₁ gods which were in their hands, and the _i earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under _j the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

Cross References
Hosea 2:13
I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot," says the LORD.

Cross References
Joshua 24:26
Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Judges 9:6
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 35:4

Strong's Concordance

Genesis 35:4

And they gaveH5414 unto JacobH3290 all the strangeH5236 godsH430 which were in their hand,H3027 and all their earringsH5141 which were in their ears;H241 and JacobH3290 hidH2934 them under the oakH424 which was by Shechem.H7927

Notes

Genesis 35:4

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

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