Genesis 49:5-7

Jacob Blesses His Sons

5 b "Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons c of violence are their swords.
6 Let my soul come not into their council;
d O my glory, e be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they f hamstrung oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will g divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 29:33 - 34
    She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 34:25 - 26
    On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 16:9
    Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
    Psalms 57:8
    Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 26:9
    Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 11:6
    And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
    Joshua 11:9
    And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
    2 Samuel 8:4
    And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 3:5 - 13
    And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
    Joshua 19:1 - 9
    The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah.
    1 Chronicles 4:24 - 39
    The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul.
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