Genesis 35:4

in their hand i.e. in their possession.

the rings … ears The rings mentioned were probably not simple earrings as in Genesis 24:22, but rings worn as charms, and amulets, having symbols of heathen deities. Cf. Hosea 2:13.

the oak R.V. marg. terebinth. It is noteworthy that Joshua, under the same "oak" of Shechem (Joshua 24:26), testified against the primitive worship of strange gods; cf. Joshua 24:2; Joshua 24:14; Joshua 24:23. For the "terebinth," cf. Genesis 12:6. The same sacred tree is possibly mentioned in Judges 9:6.