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29 They took everything of value, captured all the women and children, and carried off everything in the houses.

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have gotten me into trouble; now the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and everybody else in the land will hate me. I do not have many men; if they all band together against me and attack me, our whole family will be destroyed.”

31 But they answered, “We cannot let our sister be treated like a common whore.”

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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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