29 and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have (A)brought trouble on me by (B)making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among (C)the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and [a](D)my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and [b]attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household.” 31 But they said, “Should he [c]treat our sister as a harlot?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:30 Lit I, few in number
  2. Genesis 34:30 Lit smite
  3. Genesis 34:31 Or make

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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