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OET (OET-LV) And_set_out and_he/it_was the_terror of_god on the_cities which around_them and_not people_pursued after the_sons of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ.
OET (OET-RV) Then they started their journey but and the people of the cities around them were afraid of Yacob’s God so they didn’t attack them.
וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ
and,set_out
Alternate translation: “Then they all left there and started traveling,”
וַיְהִ֣י חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א
and=he/it_was terror ʼElohīm on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities which/who around,them and=not
The Hebrew word “Elohim” probably means God in this phrase (as it usually does in the Bible); most English versions translate it that way here. Or it could be an adjective that modifies “dread/terror” and means “great/deep dread/terror” (similar to Gen 23:6, 30:8). See how you translated dread in Gen 9:2. Alternate translation: “and God caused the people in the nearby cities to be afraid, so that” or “and God made the people in the nearby cities so afraid that”
וְלֹ֣א רָֽדְפ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י
and=not pursue after
Make sure your translation of they refers here to the people in the surrounding towns, not Jacob’s sons. Alternate translation: “no one attacked” or “none of them came after”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב
sons_of Yaakob
Jacob’s sons are mentioned here since they are in focus as the ones who just plundered the city of Shechem; Jacob and the rest of his family were there with his sons and were also in danger. Alternate translation: “them.” or “Jacob and his family.”
35:5 a terror from God: People had heard about the massacre of Shechem (34:25-30).
OET (OET-LV) And_set_out and_he/it_was the_terror of_god on the_cities which around_them and_not people_pursued after the_sons of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ.
OET (OET-RV) Then they started their journey but and the people of the cities around them were afraid of Yacob’s God so they didn’t attack them.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.