ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 35:5
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Gen 35:5

35:5 terror from God. God’s protection of Jacob’s family by divinely induced panic (cf. Ex. 23:27; Josh. 2:9) was necessary because their reputation had changed from that of peaceful shepherds (34:21) to rapacious warriors (34:30).