Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi used their the wrong way and were violent. They are both like that.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4But you are like the floodwater. You cannot say, ‘No’ to yourself. You went and slept with one of my wives. You shamed me, and so you cannot be the leader of the family.

6I will not sit down with them when they have their secret meetings. I do not want to know what they are planning to do next. They were so angry that they killed men, and they crippled cattle just for fun.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:33Leah had another son and she named him Simeon and said, “God knows that Jacob does not love me and so he has given me another son.”

Genesis 46:10Simeon's sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, and Shaul's mother was a Canaanite woman.

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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