“Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, to render me loathsome to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizites, and I am few in number; they will mobilize against me and smite me, and I and my household will be destroyed” (Genesis 34:30). “They said: Shall he render our sister as a harlot?” (Genesis 34:31). “Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me” – the Rabbis said: [Jacob said:] ‘The barrel was clear, and you rendered it murky.
There is a tradition of the Canaanites, that they are destined to fall into my hands; however, the Holy One blessed be He said: Until you multiply and reach six hundred thousand.’27But because of the action of Simeon and Levi the Canaanites will conclude that Jacob is an immediate threat. Rabbi Yehuda bar Simon said: [Simeon and Levi replied:] ‘The barrel was murky, and we rendered it clear.’ They said: ‘“Shall [he render our sister] a harlot?”’ – they said: ‘What, will they treat us as worthless people?’ Who caused it? “Dina…went out.”