OET interlinear GEN 35:5

uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יִּסָּ֑עוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_set_out and=he/it_was terror_of ʼElohīm on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities which/who [were]_around_of,them and=not pursue after sons_of Yaakob )

Alternate translation: [Then they all left there and started traveling]

וַ⁠יְהִ֣י ׀ חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל־הֶֽ⁠עָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵי⁠הֶ֔ם וְ⁠לֹ֣א

and=he/it_was (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_set_out and=he/it_was terror_of ʼElohīm on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities which/who [were]_around_of,them and=not pursue after sons_of Yaakob )

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 Genesis 23:6, 30:8). See how you translated dread in Genesis 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

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_set_out and=he/it_was terror_of ʼElohīm on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities which/who [were]_around_of,them and=not pursue after 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]