King James Version
Genesis 35:5 in the King James Version says “And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after ...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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.
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.
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.
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Elbethel: that is, The God of Bethel
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they journeyed”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“was upon the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that were round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“them and they did not pursue”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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