Then Jacob became incensed and brought charges against Laban. “What is my crime?” he said to Laban. “What is my sin, that you have pursued me?

Reuben’s sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

These are the heads of their fathers’ families:

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:
Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
These are the clans of Reuben.

the Hezronite clan from Hezron;
the Carmite clan from Carmi.

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.

cream from the herd and milk from the flock,
with the fat of lambs,
rams from Bashan, and goats,
with the choicest grains of wheat;
you drank wine from the finest grapes.

The Israelites, however, were unfaithful regarding the things set apart for destruction. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart, and the Lord’s anger burned against the Israelites.

He then had Zabdi’s family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

so that the crime against the 70 sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood would be avenged on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who had helped him kill his brothers.

Carmi’s son: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.

Judah’s sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

From the city, men groan;
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.

when my feet were bathed in cream
and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

For that would be a disgrace;
it would be a crime deserving punishment.

this would also be a crime deserving punishment,
for I would have denied God above.

It is like a groom coming from the bridal chamber;
it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths. They haven’t hurt me, for I was found innocent before Him. Also, I have not committed a crime against you my king.”

But Ephraim says:
“How rich I have become;
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me
that I can be punished for!”