34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought ruin 1 on me by making me a foul odor 2 among the inhabitants of the land – among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I 3 am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!”
7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. 7 Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 8 son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. 9 The Lord was furious with the Israelites. 10
1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:
2:9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. 14
He does this so he can build his nest way up high
and escape the clutches of disaster. 15
2:10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house.
Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct. 16
1 tn The traditional translation is “troubled me” (KJV, ASV), but the verb refers to personal or national disaster and suggests complete ruin (see Josh 7:25, Judg 11:35, Prov 11:17). The remainder of the verse describes the “trouble” Simeon and Levi had caused.
2 tn In the causative stem the Hebrew verb בָּאַשׁ (ba’ash) means “to cause to stink, to have a foul smell.” In the contexts in which it is used it describes foul smells, stenches, or things that are odious. Jacob senses that the people in the land will find this act terribly repulsive. See P. R. Ackroyd, “The Hebrew Root באשׁ,” JTS 2 (1951): 31-36.
3 tn Jacob speaks in the first person as the head and representative of the entire family.
4 tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).
5 tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).
6 tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.
7 tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the
8 tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).
9 tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the
10 tn Heb “the anger of the
11 tn Heb “Every place on which the sole of your foot walks, to you I have given it, as I said to Moses.” The second person pronouns in vv. 3-4 are plural, indicating that all the people are addressed here. The verbal form נְתַתִּיו (nÿtattiv, “I have given it”) is probably a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action. Another option is to translate, “I have already assigned it.” In this case the verb would probably refer to the
12 tn Heb “listened to.”
13 tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 18 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).
14 tn Heb “Woe [to] the one who profits unjustly by evil unjust gain for his house.” On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6.
15 tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.”
16 tn Heb “you planned shame for your house, cutting off many nations, and sinning [against] your life.”