Genesis 49:5

Shim'on and Levi are achim; 1 kelei chamas (instruments of violence) are in their swords. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Unstable as mayim, thou shalt not excel; 1 because thou wentest up to mishkevei avicha (thy fatherʼs bed, i.e. incest); 1 then defiledst thou it; 1 he went up to my couch. 1

6O my nefesh, enter not thou into their sod (secret, council); 1 unto their kehal, mine kavod, be not thou united; 1 for in their anger they slaughtered ish, 1 and in their ratzon (self-will) they lamed shor (ox). 1

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Cross References

Genesis 29:33And she conceived again, and bore ben; and said, Because Hashem hath heard I was hated, He hath therefore given me this also; and she called shmo Shim'on.

Genesis 46:10And the Bnei Shim'on: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Tzochar, and Sha'ul Ben HaKena'ani.

Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work 1 is brother to him that is ba'al mashchit (master of destruction). 1

Revelation 7:7Of the shevet of Shim'on, 12,000, 1 of the shevet of Levi, 12,000, 1 of the shevet of Yissa'khar, 12,000, 1

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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