Genesis 34:30

And Jacob, &c. This and the following verse continue the narrative of Genesis 34:26. Jacob reproaches his two sons for the murder, on account of which the people of the land will be infuriated with Jacob and his house. Cf. Genesis 49:5-7.

troubled The same word used in the story of Achan (Joshua 6:18; Joshua 7:25; 1 Chronicles 2:7). Jacob's rebuke turns, not so much upon the dastardly treachery and cruelty of his sons, as upon the evil effects it will produce, and upon the insecurity it will bring upon himself and his house.

make me to stink A common Heb. metaphor: cf. Exodus 5:21 ("make savour to be abhorred"); 1 Samuel 13:4 ("had in abomination"), Genesis 27:12 ("made … abhor"); 1 Chronicles 19:6 ("made … odious").

the Canaanites and the Perizzites See note on Genesis 13:7.

being few in number Cf. 1 Chronicles 16:19.