Genesis 49:5

American Standard Version (1901)

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

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  • Gen 34:25-31 : 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; 29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
  • Gen 29:33-34 : 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
  • Gen 46:10-11 : 10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

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  • Gen 34:29-30
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    29and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.

    30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

  • Gen 34:25-27
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    25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.

    26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

    27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

  • Gen 49:6-7
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    6O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked [ an ox.

    7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

  • Gen 35:23
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    23the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

  • Exod 1:2
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    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

  • Gen 49:4
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    4Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • 1 Chr 2:1
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    1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

  • Josh 19:9
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    9Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

    2And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

  • Judg 1:3
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    3And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

  • Gen 34:13
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    13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

  • Hos 6:9
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    9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.