Genesis 35:5
New International Version
Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.

New Living Translation
As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.

English Standard Version
And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Berean Standard Bible
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

King James 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.

New King James Version
And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

New American Standard Bible
As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

NASB 1995
As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

NASB 1977
As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they journeyed on, and there was a terror from God upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Amplified Bible
As they journeyed, there was a great [supernatural] terror [sent from God] on the cities around them, and [for that reason] the Canaanites did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Christian Standard Bible
When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they picked up, and the fear of God was on the towns that were in their surroundings, and they did not pursue after Yaquuv and after his sons.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
While Jacob and his family were traveling through Canaan, God terrified the people in the towns so much that no one dared bother them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
And they journeyed: and a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As they moved on, God made the people of the cities that were all around them terrified so that no one pursued them.

Good News Translation
When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them.

International Standard Version
As they set out on their journey, because the people who lived in the cities around them feared God, they did not pursue Jacob's sons.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] around them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

Majority Standard Bible
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

New American Bible
Then, as they set out, a great terror fell upon the surrounding towns, so that no one pursued the sons of Jacob.

NET Bible
and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

New Revised Standard Version
As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.

New Heart English Bible
Then they set out, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was on the cities that were round them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

World English Bible
They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation
and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which are round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob Returns to Bethel
4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem. 5As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons. 6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.…

Cross References
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

Exodus 15:16
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Exodus 23:27
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

Deuteronomy 2:25
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you."

1 Samuel 14:15
Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.

Psalm 105:14
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:


Treasury of Scripture

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Exodus 15:15,16
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away…

Exodus 23:27
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

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Genesis 35
1. God commands Jacob to go to Bethel.
2. He purges his house of idols.
6. He builds an altar at Bethel.
8. Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth.
9. God blesses Jacob at Bethel.
10. Jacob Named Israel.
16. Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar.
22. Reuben lies with Bilhah.
23. The sons of Jacob.
27. Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron.
28. The age, death, and burial of Isaac.














(5) The terror . . . --Heb., a terror of God, that is, a very great terror (see Genesis 23:6; Genesis 30:8). But to the deeply religious mind of the Hebrew everything that was great and wonderful was the result of the direct working of the Deity. (But see Note on Genesis 48:22.)

Verse 5. - And they journeyed (from Shechem, after the work of reformation just described): and the terror of God - meaning not simply a great terror, as in Genesis 23:6; Genesis 30:8 (Dathe, Bush), but either a supernatural dread inspired by Elohim (Ainsworth, Clericus, Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch, and others), or a fear of Elohim, under whose care Jacob manifestly bad been taken (Murphy, Quarry) - was upon the cities that were round about them, - literally, in their circuits, i.e. wherever they went - and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob - as might have been expected.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
As they set out,
וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ (way·yis·sā·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey

a terror
חִתַּ֣ת (ḥit·taṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2847: Terror

from God
אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

fell
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the surrounding
סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯê·hem)
Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

cities,
הֶֽעָרִים֙ (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement

so that they did not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

pursue
רָֽדְפ֔וּ (rā·ḏə·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

Jacob’s
יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

sons.
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son


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