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|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 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.
 
|They gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand, and all the pendants in their ears, and Jacob hid these under the terebinth tree that was next to Shechem.
 
|They gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand, and all the pendants in their ears, and Jacob hid these under the terebinth tree that was next to Shechem.
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|The [[terebinth]] (''Pistacia terebinthus'') is ''not'' an [[oak]] at all. It is a tree common to the south and souteast of modern [[Israel]].<ref name=terebinth>Hirsch EG and Casanowicz IM, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=18&letter=O Entry for Oak and Terebinth]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', acc. 22 December 2009.</ref> It is a deciduous tree that grows to a maximum height of 30 feet (9 meters) and produces red berries.<ref name=berry>"[http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Terebinth Entry for Terebinth]," NETBible, acc. 22 December 2009.</ref>
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|The [[terebinth]] (''Pistacia terebinthus'') is ''not'' an [[oak]] at all. It is a tree common to the south and southeast of modern [[Israel]].<ref name=terebinth>Hirsch EG and Casanowicz IM, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=18&letter=O Entry for Oak and Terebinth]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', acc. 22 December 2009.</ref> It is a deciduous tree that grows to a maximum height of 30 feet (9 meters) and produces red berries.<ref name=berry>"[http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Terebinth Entry for Terebinth]," NETBible, acc. 22 December 2009.</ref>
 
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