Genesis 29:33
New International Version
33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved,(A) he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.[a](B)
Footnotes
- Genesis 29:33 Simeon probably means one who hears.
Genesis 29:34
New International Version
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me,(A) because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.[a](B)
Footnotes
- Genesis 29:34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.
Genesis 42:24
New International Version
24 He turned away from them and began to weep,(A) but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.(B)
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.
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