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Genesis 49:5

LeviSimeon
Anger

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 defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

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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BSB
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
KJV
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
WEB
“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
ASV
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
DARBY
Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.
BLB
Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; instruments of violence [are] their swords.
ÅB
Simeon og Levi er brødre, voldsvåpen er deres sverd.
OTB
«Simeon og Levi er brødre; deres sverd er voldens redskaper.
B1930
Simeon og Levi er brødre, voldsvåben er deres sverd.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 34:25–31

    And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

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  • Genesis 29:33–34

    And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

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  • Genesis 46:10–11

    And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

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  • Proverbs 18:9

    He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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