(A)Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Their [a]swords are implements of violence.
(B)May my soul not enter into their council;
May my glory not be united with their assembly;
For in their anger they killed [b]men,
And in their self-will they lamed [c]oxen.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel.
(C)I will scatter them in Jacob,
And disperse them among Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:5 Or plans; meaning uncertain
  2. Genesis 49:6 Lit a man
  3. Genesis 49:6 Lit an ox

“Simeon(A) and Levi(B) are brothers—
    their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(C)
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.
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)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.