Study it in the app“Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I have few men; if they gather against me and strike me, I will be destroyed, I and my house.””
Jacobיַעֲקֹבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Simeonאֶל שִׁמְעוֹןand to Levi,וְאֶל לֵוִי“You have brought troubleעֲכַרְתֶּםon meאֹתִיby making me odiousלְהַבְאִישֵׁנִיto the inhabitantsבְּיֹשֵׁבof the land,הָאָרֶץthe Canaanitesבַּכְּנַעֲנִיand the Perizzites.וּבַפְּרִזִּיAnd Iוַאֲנִיhave fewמִסְפָּרmen;מְתֵיif they gatherוְנֶאֶסְפוּagainst meעָלַיand strike me,וְהִכּוּנִיI will be destroyed,וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּיIאֲנִיand my house.”וּבֵיתִי
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsSimeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appearsLevi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appearstrouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “achartem” appearsbecome odious
To become hateful to others.
Where else “havishe” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsCanaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appearsPerizzite
Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.
Where else “perizi” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearsmen
Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.
Where else “mete” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hiku” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “nishmadti” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “veti” appears29All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives they took captive and plundered, and all that was in the house.
30 · This verse (above)
31But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?”
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?
