Genesis 49:5

“Simeon [Hearing] and Levi [United with] are brothers. 2 Their swords are weapons of violence. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; 2 because you went up to your father’s bed, 2 then defiled it. He went up to my couch. 1

6My soul, don’t come into their council. 2 My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; 1 for in their anger they killed men. 2 In their self-will they hamstrung cattle. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 29:33She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Adonai has sh'ma ·heard obeyed· that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon [Hearing].

Genesis 46:10The sons of Simeon [Hearing]: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul [Asked for] the son of a Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled] woman.

Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in his work 2 is brother to him who is a master of destruction. 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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