Genesis 49:5-7
English Standard Version
5 (A)“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons (B)of violence are their swords.
6 Let my soul come not into their council;
(C)O my glory, (D)be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they (E)hamstrung oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will (F)divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
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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