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“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    their swords are implements of violence.
Let my soul not come into their council
    nor my heart into their assembly,
for they have killed men with anger
    and they maimed oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
    and their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will divide them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.

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“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of [a]cruelty are in their dwelling place.
(A)Let not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united (B)to their assembly;
(C)For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they [b]hamstrung an ox.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
(D)I will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:5 violence
  2. Genesis 49:6 lamed