Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

In Context

4Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not: because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst defile his couch.

6Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: "be- cause in their fury they slew a man, and in their selfwill they undermined a wall.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:33And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 46:10The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul the son of a woman of Chanaan.

Proverbs 18:9He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Revelation 7:7Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand signed:

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:2-5

Jacob's Prophecy Concerning His Sons. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befal you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then… Read the whole commentary →

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