Genesis 35:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Genesis 35:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 35:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 35:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Genesis 35:5 — World English Bible

Genesis 35:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Genesis 35:5 — American Standard Version

Genesis 35:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which <FI>are<Fi> round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.”

Genesis 35:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 35:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And they journeyed; and the terror ofGod was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. ”

Genesis 35:5 — Darby Translation

Genesis 35:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then they went on their iourney, and the feare of God was vpon the cities that were roud about them: so that they did not follow after the sonnes of Iaakob.”

Genesis 35:5 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 35:5 in Context — Genesis 35

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

4 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.

5 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.

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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What Does Genesis 35:5 Mean?

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