1. And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the ·God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2. And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
3. and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the ·God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
4. And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that is 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. And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.