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Genesis 34:30

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28 They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

29 They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

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.”

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

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, “You⁺ have troubled me, to make me stink among those dwelling in the land, among the Canaanite and among the Perizzite; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves against me and strike me, then I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”
ÅB
Da sa Jakob til Simeon og Levi: Dere har gjort meg en stor sorg! Dere har ført meg i vanrykte hos landets innbyggere, Kana'anittene og ferisittene; jeg råder jo bare over en liten flokk, og samler de seg imot meg, kommer de til å slå meg ihjel, sa både jeg og mitt hus går til grunne.
OTB
Da sa Jakob til Simeon og Levi: "Dere har brakt trøbbel over meg ved å gjøre meg avskyelig for landets innbyggere, kanaaneerne og perisittene. Vi er få i antall, og hvis de slår seg sammen mot meg og angriper meg, vil jeg og min husstand bli ødelagt."
B1930
Da sa Jakob til Simeon og Levi: I har gjort mig en stor sorg! I har ført mig i vanrykte hos landets innbyggere, Kana'anittene og ferisittene; jeg råder jo bare over en liten flokk, og samler de sig imot mig, kommer de til å slå mig ihjel, sa både jeg og mitt hus går til grunne.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:4

    And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

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  • Psalms 105:12

    When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

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  • Exodus 5:21

    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

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  • Joshua 7:25

    “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

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  • Genesis 28:13–14

    And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

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  • Genesis 49:5–7

    Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

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  • 1 Chronicles 19:6

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

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  • 1 Samuel 27:12

    So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

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