Genesis 35:5
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.
Cross-references
Jacob feared retaliation after Simeon and Levi's violence. Here, God's terror on surrounding cities delivers Jacob from exactly that danger.
In Genesis 20:6, God restrains Abimelech from harming Sarah — same protective intervention where God prevents surrounding people from acting against His chosen.
The Song of Moses celebrates the same pattern: surrounding nations left amazed and trembling as God protects His traveling people.
Fear and dread falling on surrounding peoples echoes the divine terror placed on the cities around Jacob's family during their journey.
God promises to send His fear ahead of Israel — the same protective mechanism at work here, shielding His people by terrifying those around them.
The 'fear and dread' God places on surrounding peoples for Israel's future conquest echoes the terror already at work protecting Jacob here.
Rahab confirms the pattern: hearing of God's deeds, 'our hearts did melt' — the nations' fear of Israel is the same protective terror seen here.
The Canaanite kings' hearts 'melted' after the Jordan crossing — God again paralyzes surrounding peoples with fear as His people advance.
In 2 Chronicles 14:14, God likewise puts His fear on surrounding cities so Judah's enemies cannot resist — the same divine terror protecting God's people.
In 2 Chronicles 17:10, God's fear falls on kingdoms surrounding Judah so they don't attack Jehoshaphat — identical pattern of divine terror shielding God's people.
In 2 Chronicles 20:29, the fear of God falls on surrounding kingdoms after He fights for Judah — same divine terror preventing nations from opposing His people.
Psalm 105:14 recalls God letting no one wrong His people and reproving kings for their sake — directly echoes how God terrorized cities around Jacob.
In Psalm 14:5, the wicked are in great fear because God is present among the righteous — the same dynamic of divine dread upon those opposing God's people.
In Psalm 105:38, God's fear protected Israel during the Exodus, echoing how divine terror safeguards Jacob's family here.