Genesis 49:6

Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

In Context

5Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.

7Cursed be their wrath, for it was wilful, and their anger, for it was + 49:7 more lit. hardened or aggravated.cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

Judges 5:21The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison: my mighty soul will trample him down.

Psalms 5:10For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their + 5:10 Rom. 3. 13. throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

Psalms 26:4One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple.

Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters.

Psalms 42:5Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:6-8

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. These were next in age to Reuben, and they also had been a grief and shame to Jacob, when they treacherously and… Read the whole commentary →

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