Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 34:27-31 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

27. Jacob's other sons came and took everything they wanted. All this was done because of the horrible thing that had happened to their sister.

28. They took sheep, goats, donkeys, and everything else that was in the town or the fields.

29. After taking everything of value from the houses, they dragged away the wives and children of their victims.

30. Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “Look what you've done! Now I'm in real trouble with the Canaanites and Perizzites who live around here. There aren't many of us, and if they attack, they'll kill everyone in my household.”

31. They answered, “Was it right to let our own sister be treated that way?”