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Genesis 49:5-7
Expanded Bible
Genesis 49:5-7
Expanded Bible
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers
who used their ·swords [or circumcision knives; or counsels; or treaties; ch. 34] to do violence.
6 I will not join their secret talks,
and I will not ·meet with them to plan evil [L join them in their assembly].
They killed men because they were angry,
and they ·crippled [hamstrung] oxen ·just for fun [or at will; 34:25–31].
7 May their anger be cursed, because it is too ·violent [severe; strong; intense].
May their violence be cursed, because it is too ·cruel [harsh].
I will divide them up among the tribes of Jacob
and scatter them through all the tribes of Israel [C neither Simeon nor Levi received a tribal allotment in the Promised Land; Josh. 13–22].
Genesis 49:5-7
New International Version
Genesis 49:5-7
New International Version
5 “Simeon(A) and Levi(B) are brothers—
their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(C)
6 Let me not enter their council,
let me not join their assembly,(D)
for they have killed men in their anger(E)
and hamstrung(F) oxen as they pleased.
7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
and their fury,(G) so cruel!(H)
I will scatter them in Jacob
and disperse them in Israel.(I)
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Genesis 49:5-7
King James Version
Genesis 49:5-7
King James Version
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.
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