Genesis 34:30

New Century Version

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in the land will hate me. Since there are only a few of us, if they join together to attack us, my people and I will be destroyed.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:12

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but let you live.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

Genesis 13:7

so Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen began to argue. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at this time.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he took her and forced her to have sexual relations with him.

Genesis 34:29

They took every valuable thing the people owned, even their wives and children and everything in the houses.

Genesis 34:31

But the brothers said, “We will not allow our sister to be treated like a prostitute.”

Genesis 46:26

So the total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons.

Genesis 46:27

Joseph had two sons born in Egypt, so the total number in the family of Jacob in Egypt was seventy.

2 Samuel 10:6

The Ammonites knew that they had insulted David. So they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah. They also hired the king of Maacah with a thousand men and twelve thousand men from Tob.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said, “Your father left behind some of his slave women to take care of the palace. Have sexual relations with them. Then all Israel will hear that your father is your enemy, and all your people will be encouraged to give you more support.”

1 Kings 11:25

Rezon ruled Aram, and he hated Israel. So he was an enemy of Israel all the time Solomon was alive. Both Rezon and Hadad made trouble for Israel.

1 Kings 18:18

Elijah answered, “I have not made trouble in Israel. You and your father’s family have made all this trouble by not obeying the Lord’s commands. You have gone after the Baals.

1 Chronicles 16:12

Remember the miracles he has done, his wonders, and his decisions.

1 Chronicles 16:19

Then God’s people were few in number, and they were strangers in the land.

1 Chronicles 19:6

The Ammonites knew that they had insulted David. So Hanun and the Ammonites sent about seventy-four thousand pounds of silver to hire chariots and chariot drivers from Northwest Mesopotamia, Aram Maacah, and Zobah.

1 Chronicles 2:7

Carmi’s son was Achan, who caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.

Psalm 105:12

Then God’s people were few in number. They were strangers in the land.

Exodus 5:21

So they said to Moses and Aaron, “May the Lord punish you. You caused the king and his officers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”

Proverbs 11:17

Kind people do themselves a favor, but cruel people bring trouble on themselves.

Proverbs 11:29

Whoever brings trouble to his family will be left with nothing but the wind. A fool will be a servant to the wise.

Proverbs 15:27

Greedy people bring trouble to their families, but the person who can’t be paid to do wrong will live.

Deuteronomy 4:17

of animals on earth or birds that fly in the air,

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the other nations. Only a few of you will be left alive, and those few will be in other nations where the Lord will send you.

Deuteronomy 7:7

The Lord did not care for you and choose you because there were many of you—you are the smallest nation of all.

Joshua 7:25

Joshua said, “I don’t know why you caused so 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.

1 Samuel 13:4

All the Israelites heard the news. The men said, “Saul has defeated the Philistine camp. Now the Philistines will really hate us!” Then the Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 16:2

But Samuel said, “If I go, Saul will hear the news and will try to kill me.” The Lord said, “Take a young calf with you. Say, ‘I have come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 27:1

But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me someday. The best thing I can do is escape to the land of the Philistines. Then he will give up looking for me in Israel, and I can get away from him.”

1 Samuel 27:12

So Achish trusted David and said to himself, “David’s own people, the Israelites, now hate him very much. He will serve me forever.”