Genesis 49:6

O 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

5Shim'on and Levi are achim; 1 kelei chamas (instruments of violence) are in their swords. 1

7Arur (cursed) be their anger, for it was fierce; 1 and their wrath, for it was cruel; 1 I will dispense them in Ya'akov, 1 and scatter them in Yisroel. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 34:30And Ya'akov said to Shim'on and Levi, Ye have brought trouble on me to make me a stench among the inhabitants of HaAretz, among the Kena'ani and the Perizzi; and I being few in mispar, they shall gather themselves together against me, and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my bais.

Judges 5:21The Kishon River swept them away, 1 that nachal kedumim, the Kishon River. 1 O my nefesh, march on with oz! 1

Psalms 5:10For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth; 1 their inwardness is a corruptible abyss; 1 their throat is an open kever; 1 they speak smooth deceit with their leshon. 1

Psalms 26:4I do not sit with metei-shav (men of vanity), 1 neither will I go in with dissemblers. 1

Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the resha'im, 1 and with the workers of iniquity, 1 which speak shalom to their neighbors, 1 but malice is in their hearts. 1

Psalms 42:5When I remember these things, 1 I pour out my nefesh within me; 1 for I had gone with the multitude, 1 I went with them to the Beis Elohim 1 with the voice of rinnah and todah, 1 with the multitude keeping Chag (holy day, pilgrim feast). 1

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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