Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Cross-reference
In Genesis 28:13, God promised Jacob this very land. Yet Jacob now fears the land's inhabitants will destroy his entire family.
In Genesis 28:14, God promised Jacob descendants 'like the dust of the earth.' Jacob now says 'we are few in number' — directly contradicting that promise.
In Genesis 49:5-7, Jacob's deathbed curse scatters Simeon and Levi in Israel — the very consequence he feared here for making him a stench among the Canaanites.
In Genesis 35:5, God divinely protects Jacob from attack, addressing the fear expressed here.
In Genesis 49:6, Jacob condemns Simeon and Levi's violence, which is the source of his fear here.
In Genesis 12:2, God promised Abraham a great nation — the very outcome Jacob fears will never happen given their small numbers.
In Genesis 13:7, the Canaanites and Perizzites are noted as present in the land, which Jacob fears here.
In Exodus 5:21, Israelite overseers accuse Moses of making them 'obnoxious' to Pharaoh — same Hebrew word Jacob uses about becoming a stench to the land's inhabitants.
In Joshua 7:25, Joshua uses the same 'brought trouble' language for Achan's sin against Israel — another act by a few that endangers the whole community.
Proverbs 11:29 states that one who ruins their household inherits wind — exactly Jacob's fear that Simeon and Levi's recklessness will destroy the family.
In Psalm 105:12, the patriarchs are described as 'few in number, few indeed, and strangers' — directly echoing Jacob's words about his household.
In 1 Samuel 13:4, Israel becomes 'obnoxious' to the Philistines after Saul's attack — same language about provoking hostility from surrounding peoples.
In 1 Chronicles 2:7, Achar (Achan) is singled out for 'bringing trouble on Israel' — same consequence language about one person's act endangering the whole.
In 1 Chronicles 19:6, the Ammonites realize they've become 'obnoxious' to David — same word, showing how offense invites dangerous retaliation.
In Ecclesiastes 7:9, the warning against being 'quickly provoked' reflects the reckless anger that brought this crisis upon Jacob's household.