## brought trouble on me ##

"caused great difficulties for me" or "brought ruin on me"

## to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites ##

This can be translated as a new sentence. Alternate translation: "You have made me repulsive to the Canaanites and the Perizzites." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## I am few in number ##

Here the word "I" refers to all of Jacob's household. Jacob only says "I" since he is the leader. Alternate translation: "My household is small" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## gather themselves against me ##

"form an army"

## then I shall be destroyed ##

Alternate translation: "they will destroy me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## Should Shechem have dealt with our sister as with a prostitute? ##

Simeon and Levi use a question for emphasis. Alternate translation: "Shechem should not have treated our sister as if she were a prostitute!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])