Genesis 34:30
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And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.

Ye have.

Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity waging war. . . .

Joshua 7:25 Where Joshua said: Because thou hast troubled us, the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him: and all things that were his, were consumed with fire.

1 Kings 18:18 And he said: I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, who have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and have followed Baalim.

1 Chronicles 2:7 And the sons of Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema.

Proverbs 11:17,29 The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward. . . .

Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.

to stink.

Exodus 5:21 And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have, made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword, to kill us.

1 Samuel 13:4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.

1 Samuel 27:12 And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: Therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Chronicles 19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had done an injury to David, Hanon and the rest of the people sent a thousand talents of silver, to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria Maacha, and out of Soba.

and I being.

Deuteronomy 4:17 The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,

Deuteronomy 7:7 Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:

1 Chronicles 16:12 Remember his wonderful works, which he hath done: his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.

Psalm 105:12 When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:

and I shall.

Genesis 12:2,12 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. . . .

Genesis 28:13,14 And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed. . . .

1 Samuel 16:2 And Samuel said: How shall I go? for Saul will hear of it, and he will kill me. And the Lord said: Thou shalt take with thee a calf of the herd, and thou shalt say: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.

Romans 4:18-20 Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be. . . .

Context
The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
29And their children and wives they took captive. 30And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.31They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?…
Cross References
Genesis 13:7
Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.

Genesis 34:2
And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.

Genesis 34:29
And their children and wives they took captive.

Genesis 34:31
They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

Genesis 46:26
All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

Genesis 46:27
And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.

Exodus 5:21
And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have, made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword, to kill us.

Deuteronomy 4:27
And scatter you among all nations, and you shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord shall lead you.

Joshua 7:25
Where Joshua said: Because thou hast troubled us, the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him: and all things that were his, were consumed with fire.

1 Samuel 13:4
And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.

2 Samuel 10:6
And the children of Ammon seeing that they had done an injury to David, sent and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelve thousand men.

1 Chronicles 16:19
When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.

Psalm 105:12
When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:

Lexicon
Then Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֜ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Simeon
שִׁמְע֣וֹן (šim·‘ō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8095: Simeon -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Israelite with a foreign wife

and Levi,
לֵוִי֮ (lê·wî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him

“You have brought trouble
עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם (‘ă·ḵar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5916: To roil water, to disturb, affict

upon me
אֹתִי֒ (’ō·ṯî)
Direct object marker | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

by making me repugnant
לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙ (lə·haḇ·’î·šê·nî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 887: To smell bad, to be offensive

to the Canaanites
בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י (bak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3669: Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan

and Perizzites,
וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑י (ū·ḇap·pə·riz·zî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6522: Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan

the people
בְּיֹשֵׁ֣ב (bə·yō·šêḇ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of this land.
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

We
וַאֲנִי֙ (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

are few
מְתֵ֣י (mə·ṯê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4962: An adult, a man

in number;
מִסְפָּ֔ר (mis·pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

if they unite
וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ (wə·ne·’es·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove

against me
עָלַי֙ (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and attack me,
וְהִכּ֔וּנִי (wə·hik·kū·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

and my household
וּבֵיתִֽי׃ (ū·ḇê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

will be destroyed.�
וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י (wə·niš·maḏ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed


Additional Translations
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me repugnant 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.”And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You 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.

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.

And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

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

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 will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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

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."

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.'
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