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29 All their wealth and all their little ones and their wives they took captive, making spoil even of all [they found] in the houses.

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have ruined me, making me infamous and embroiling me with the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! And we are few in number, and they will gather together against me and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my household.

31 And they said, Should he [be permitted to] deal with our sister as with a harlot?

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29 They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children,(A) taking as plunder(B) everything in the houses.(C)

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble(D) on me by making me obnoxious(E) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.(F) We are few in number,(G) and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?(H)

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