Genesis 34:30

Easy To Read Version

But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have given me much trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanite people and the Perizzite people will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, then I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:12

The Egyptian men will see you. They will say, ‘This woman is his wife.’ Then they will kill me because they want you.

Genesis 12:2

I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land of Canaan as far as the town of Shechem and then went to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanite people lived in that place at this time.

Genesis 13:7

And the Canaanite people and the Perizzite people were also living in this land at the same time. The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.

Genesis 34:2

Hamor was the king of that land. His son Shechem saw Dinah. Shechem kidnapped her and raped her.

Genesis 34:29

The brothers took everything those people owned. The brothers even took the wives and children.

Genesis 34:31

But the brothers said, “Should we let those people treat our sister like a prostitute? [199] No! Those people were wrong to do that to our sister!”

Genesis 46:26

The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants [248] that went with him to Egypt was 66 people. (The wives of Jacob’s sons were not counted in this number.)

Genesis 46:27

Also, there were the two sons of Joseph. They had been born in Egypt. So there was a total of 70 people in Jacob’s family in Egypt.

2 Samuel 10:6

The Ammonites saw that they had become David’s enemies. So the Ammonites hired Arameans from Beth Rehob and Zobah. There were 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers. The Ammonites also hired the king of Maacah with 1,000 men and 12,000 men from Tob.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Your father left some of his wives [96] here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear that your father hates you. And all of your people will be encouraged to give you more support.”

1 Kings 11:25

Rezon ruled Aram. Rezon hated Israel, so he continued to be an enemy of Israel all of the time that Solomon lived. Rezon and Hadad caused much trouble for Israel.

1 Kings 18:18

Elijah answered, “I have not caused Israel trouble. You and your father’s family caused all this trouble. You caused the trouble when you stopped obeying the Lord’s commands and began following the false gods.

1 Chronicles 16:12

Remember the wonderful things\par that the Lord has done.\par Remember his decisions\par and the powerful things he has done.\par

1 Chronicles 16:19

There were only a few people.\par A few strangers in a foreign land.\par

1 Chronicles 19:6

The Ammonite people saw they had caused themselves to become hated enemies of David. Then Hanun and the Ammonite people used 75,000 pounds {\cf2\super [206]} of silver to buy chariots {\cf2\super [207]} and chariot drivers from Mesopotamia. {\cf2\super [208]} They also got chariots and chariot drivers from the towns of Maacah and Zobah in Aram.

1 Chronicles 2:7

Zimri’s son was Carmi. Carmi’s son was Achar. [17] Achar was the man that brought many troubles to Israel. Achar kept the things he took in battle. But he was supposed to give all those things to God.

Psalm 105:12

God made that promise\par when Abraham’s family was small.\par They were only strangers spending time there.\par

Exodus 5:21

So they said to Moses and Aaron, “You really made a mistake when you told Pharaoh to let us go. May the Lord punish you because you caused Pharaoh and his rulers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”

Proverbs 11:17

A kind man will profit. But a mean man will cause trouble for himself.

Proverbs 11:29

If a person causes trouble for his family, then he will gain nothing. And in the end, the foolish person will be forced to serve the wise person.

Proverbs 15:27

If a person cheats to get things, then he will bring trouble to his family. But if a person is honest, then he will have no trouble.

Deuteronomy 4:17

Don’t make an idol that looks like an animal on the earth or like a bird that flies in the sky.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the nations. And only a few of you will be left alive to go to the countries where the Lord will send you.

Deuteronomy 7:7

Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!

Joshua 7:25

Then Joshua said, “You caused much trouble for us! But now the Lord will bring trouble to you!” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they died. Then the people burned them and everything he owned.

1 Samuel 13:4

All the Israelites heard the news. They said, “Saul has killed the Philistine leader. Now the Philistines really hate the Israelites!”

1 Samuel 16:2

But Samuel said, “If I go, Saul will hear the news. Then he will try to kill me.”

1 Samuel 27:1

But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”

1 Samuel 27:12

Achish began to trust David. Achish said to himself, “Now David’s own people hate him. The Israelites hate David very much. Now David will serve me forever.”