Genesis 34:30

30. Jacob said to Simeon and Levi His words of reproof partake here largely of worldly policy and prudence . He fears the bad odour in which he will be held by his Canaanitish neighbours, and the danger of their combining together to destroy him . But in the inspiration of his dying psalm, when utterly lifted above all earthly policies and dangers, he cursed the wrath and anger which prompted the bitter cruelties at Shechem.

Genesis 49:5-7.

I being few in number Hebrews, I, males of number; that is, the males of my family, capable of fighting, are so few as to be easily numbered .