Chapter 34
Genesis 34:30
Verse
RBT Translation:
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.`
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.
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:
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”
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.
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. |