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Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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KJV King James Version

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

WEB World English Bible

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”

ASV American Standard Version

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, ‘Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I am few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.’

Surrounding context — Genesis 34

27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,

29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto say יַעֲקֹ֜בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacob אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שִׁמְע֣וֹןH8095 · shim.onSimeon וְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)לֵוִי֮H3878 · le.viLevi עֲכַרְתֶּ֣םH5916 · a.kharto trouble אֹתִי֒H853 · et[Obj.]לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙H887 · ba.ashto stink בְּיֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwell הָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planet בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaanite וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑יH6522 · pe.riz.ziPerizzite וַאֲנִי֙H589 · a.niI מְתֵ֣יH4962 · matman מִסְפָּ֔רH4557 · mis.parnumber וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּH622 · a.saphto gather עָלַי֙H5921 · alupon וְהִכּ֔וּנִיH5221 · na.khahto smite וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖יH8045 · sha.madto destroy אֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niI וּבֵיתִֽי׃H1004 · betplace

Cross-references

Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.Joshua 7:25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel heard say [that] Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and [that] Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.Psalm 105:12When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.1 Chronicles 16:19When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.Genesis 49:5-7Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.Genesis 13:7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.Genesis 28:13-14And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;1 Chronicles 19:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.1 Samuel 27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:1 Chronicles 16:12Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.Genesis 12:12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.1 Chronicles 2:7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

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