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29 And their children and wives they took captive,

30 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.

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

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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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