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Genesis 49:7

I curse their anger because it is too harsh; I curse their fury because it is too cruel! I will separate their descendants throughout Jacob; I will scatter them throughout Israel.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6I refuse to be part of their decisions; I refuse to participate in what they do. For they killed men in their anger; they crippled cattle just for fun.

8Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will defeat your enemies. Your father's sons shall bow down to you in respect.

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Cross References

Joshua 19:1The second lot cast went to the tribe of Simeon, by families. The land was within the land allotted to the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 21:1The leaders of the tribe of Levi approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders of the Israelite tribes.

Joshua 21:8So the Israelites gave the Levites by lot these towns and pastures, as the Lord had instructed through Moses.

2 Samuel 13:22Absalom didn't talk to Amnon at all because he hated Amnon for raping his sister Tamar.

1 Chronicles 4:39They went far as the border of Gedor on the east side of the valley to look for pasture for their flocks.

Proverbs 26:24People say nice things to you even though they hate you; deep down they're just lying to you.

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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