Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers. 1 Weapons of violence are their swords. 1

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

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4Uncontrollable as rushing water, 1 you will not have the preeminence, 1 because you went up to your father's bed. 1 Then you defiled it; you went up to my couch. 1

6O my soul, do not come into their council; 1 do not join in their meetings, 1 for my heart has too much honor for that. 1 For in their anger they killed men. 1 It was for pleasure that they hamstrung oxen. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 29:33Then she conceived again and bore a son. She said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am unloved, he has therefore given me this son also,” and she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 46:10the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;

Proverbs 18:9Also, one who is slack in his work 1 is a brother to the one who destroys the most. 1

Revelation 7:7twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, 1 twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, 1 twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar, 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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