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RBT Hebrew Literal:
And Heel is saying toward News and toward Joined, `Ye have stirred-up אֶת-me, to make me stink in him-who-sits the Earth, in the Humbled, and in the Unwalled. And myself is extended-ones1080 of a number,1081 and they have been gathered upon me, and have smitten me, and I have been desolated, myself and my house.`
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Jacob will say to Simeon and to Levi, Ye troubled me to make me evil to him dwelling in the land to the Canaanites, and to the Perizzites and I men of number, and they will gather together and smite me, and I all be destroyed, and my house. 31And they will say, Shall he do to our sister as an harlot?
LITV Translation:
And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites. And I being few in number, and they gathering against me, they will strike me, and I and my house shall be wasted.
ESV Translation:
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Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

Footnotes

1080

Strong’s #4962 math. Interpreted as “man” or “male” found only in the plural, but from the root mathay (#4970) meaning to extend.

1081

Hebrew וַאֲנִי֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר. Ve-ani metay mispar. And myself extended-ones a number. The rarely used word math מַת (#4962) means men and is only found in the plural. Here translators change it to mean “few” to put a particular sense into Jacob’s words.