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Genesis 49:4-6
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4 Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel
    because you went up onto your father’s bed;
    then you defiled it—you[a] went up onto my couch!(A)

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    weapons of violence are their swords.(B)
6 May I never come into their council;
    may I not be joined to their company,
for in their anger they killed men,
    and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.(C)

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  1. 49.4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he
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Genesis 49:4-6
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4 Turbulent as the waters,(A) you will no longer excel,
    for you went up onto your father’s bed,
    onto my couch and defiled it.(B)

5 “Simeon(C) and Levi(D) are brothers—
    their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(E)
6 Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(F)
for they have killed men in their anger(G)
    and hamstrung(H) oxen as they pleased.

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