Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
Note Or terebinth or great tree
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.
They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- ear-rings
- These rings were not worn as mere ornaments, but for superstitious purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms, first consecrated to some false god, or formed under some constellation, and stamped with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of this kind, with the image of the sun, moon, etc., impressed upon them; and Augustine describes them (Epist. 73,) as used for this execrable purpose.
- Exodus 32:2–4; Judges 8:24–27; Hosea 2:13
- hid them
- Exodus 32:20; Deuteronomy 7:5, 25; Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 30:22
- the oak
- Joshua 24:25, 26; Judges 9:6