Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are akin, weapons of violence are their swords. I will not enter into their council,

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

In Context

4Boiling over like water, you will not be first, For you climbed into my concubine’s the bed, you defiled your father’s couch.

6My heart will not join in their assembly, for men in their anger they slew. and oxen in their wantonness they hamstrung.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:33She gave birth to another son; and said, ‘Because the Lord has heard that I am spurned, he has given me this one also’; and she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 46:10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

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

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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