Genesis 49:6

Let not my soul come into their counsel, 1 And let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, 1 For in their wrath they slew men, 1 And in their passion they houghed a bull. 1

Updated 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

5Simeon and Levi, brethren, 1 Accomplished the injustice of their cutting off. 1

7Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, 1 And their anger, for it was cruel: 1 I will divide them in Jacob, 1 And scatter them in Israel. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Canaanites and the Perizzites, 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 Kishon swept them away, 1 The ancient brook, the brook Kishon: 1 My mighty soul will trample him down. 1

Psalms 5:10For there is no truth in their mouth; 1 Their heart is vain; 1 Their throat is an open sepulcher; 1 With their tongues they have used deceit. 1

Psalms 26:4One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: 1 That I should dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, 1 That I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, 1 And survey his temple. 1

Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: 1 The God of glory has thundered: 1 The Lord is upon many waters. 1

Psalms 42:5Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? 1 Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, 1 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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