Genesis 34:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me by making me despised among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I, being few in number, they will gather together against me and slay me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my household.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶל־שִׁמְע֣וֹן וְאֶל־לֵוִי֮ עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִי֒ לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙ בְּיֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑י וַאֲנִי֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ עָלַי֙ וְהִכּ֔וּנִי וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י אֲנִ֥י וּבֵיתִֽי׃

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer Yaʿăqōb ʾel-Šimʿôn wǝʾel-Lēwî ʿăkartem ʾōtî lǝhabʾîšēnî bǝyōšēb hāʾāreṣ bakkǝnaʿănî ûbappǝrizzî waʾănî mǝtê mispār wǝneʾespû ʿālay wǝhikkûnî wǝnišmadtî ʾănî ûbêtî

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *Šimʿôn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Simeon
• *wǝʾel*: waw-conjunction + preposition - and to
• *Lēwî*: proper noun, masculine singular - Levi
• *ʿăkartem*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have troubled
• *ʾōtî*: direct object marker + 1st person singular suffix - me
• *lǝhabʾîšēnî*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - to make me odious
• *bǝyōšēb*: preposition + qal participle, masculine singular construct - among the inhabitants of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *bakkǝnaʿănî*: preposition + definite article + gentilic noun, masculine singular - among the Canaanite
• *ûbappǝrizzî*: waw-conjunction + preposition + definite article + gentilic noun, masculine singular - and among the Perizzite
• *waʾănî*: waw-conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
• *mǝtê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *mispār*: noun, masculine singular - number
• *wǝneʾespû*: waw-conjunction + niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will gather
• *ʿālay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me
• *wǝhikkûnî*: waw-conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural + 1st person singular suffix - and they will strike me
• *wǝnišmadtî*: waw-conjunction + niphal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will be destroyed
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ûbêtî*: waw-conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my house

Word Meanings

• *ʿăkartem*: you have troubled/brought disaster/stirred up trouble for
• *lǝhabʾîšēnî*: to make me odious/to make me stink/to bring me into bad odor
• *mǝtê* *mispār*: men of number/few in number/small group
• *wǝneʾespû*: and they will gather/assemble/unite
• *wǝhikkûnî*: and they will strike/attack/kill me
• *wǝnišmadtî*: and I will be destroyed/annihilated/wiped out

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 tother against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} to Simeon{H8095} and Levi,{H3878} Ye have troubled{H5916} me, to make me odious to the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} among the Canaanites{H3669} and the Perizzites:{H6522} and, I being few{H4962} in number,{H4557} they will gather themselves together{H622} against me{H5221} and smite me;{H5221} and I shall be destroyed,{H8045} I and my house.{H1004}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jacob{H3290} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Simeon{H8095} and Levi{H3878}, Ye have troubled{H5916}{(H8804)} me to make me to stink{H887}{(H8687)} among the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, among the Canaanites{H3669} and the Perizzites{H6522}: and I being few{H4962} in number{H4557}, they shall gather themselves together{H622}{(H8738)} against me, and slay me{H5221}{(H8689)}; and I shall be destroyed{H8045}{(H8738)}, I and my house{H1004}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui: ye haue troubled me ad made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canaanytes and also vnto the Pherezites. And I am fewe in nombre. Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me and sley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Iacob sayde vnto Symeon and Leui: Ye haue brought it so to passe, yt I stynke before the inhabiters of this lande, ye Cananites and Pheresites, & I am but a small nombre: Yf they gather them selues now together against me, they shal slaye me, so shal I be destroyed with my house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Iaakob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me, and made me stinke among the inhabitats of the land, aswell the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and and I being few in nomber, they shall gather theselues together against me, & slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroied.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But Iacob sayde to Simeon & Leui: ye haue troubled me, and made me to be abhorred of the inhabitours of the land of the Chanaanite and the Pherezite: and I beyng fewe in number, they shall gather the selues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land– among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!”

Referenced Verses

• Josh 7:25 : 25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
• 1 Sam 13:4 : 4 And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.
• Exod 5:21 : 21 And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge; because you have made our odor to be loathed in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.
• Ps 105:12 : 12 When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
• Gen 49:5-7 : 5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their dwellings. 6 O my soul, do not come into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, do not be united: for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they tore down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
• 1 Chr 16:19 : 19 When you were few in number, even very few, and strangers in it.
• 1 Chr 19:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, Syria Maachah, and Zobah.
• 1 Sam 27:12 : 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly detest him; therefore he will be my servant forever.
• Gen 13:7 : 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
• Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants; 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 46:27 : 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
• Gen 12:12 : 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.
• 1 Sam 16:2 : 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.
• 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.
• 2 Sam 10:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
• 1 Kgs 18:18 : 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.
• 1 Chr 2:7 : 7 And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
• 1 Chr 16:12 : 12 Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
• Deut 4:17 : 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
• Deut 7:7 : 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
• Prov 11:17 : 17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
• Prov 11:29 : 29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
• Prov 15:27 : 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
• Rom 4:18-20 : 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.