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29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives as captives, plundering everything that remained in the houses.

30 Then Jacob told Simeon and Levi, “You have certainly stirred up trouble for me! You’ve made me despised by[a] the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in this territory. Because I have only a few men with me, they’re going to gather themselves together and attack me until I am totally destroyed, along with my entire household!”

31 “Should he have treated our sister like a whore?” they asked in response.

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  1. Genesis 34:30 Lit. me stink in the eyes of

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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