Genesis 35:4 meaning and explanation

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

Genesis 35:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob has just told his household to get rid of their foreign gods and purify themselves before going up to Bethel (verses 2 and 3). Verse 4 shows them obeying: they hand over their idols and their earrings, and Jacob buries everything under the oak near Shechem.

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