Genesis 49:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.

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  • Gen 34:25-31 : 25 But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death. 26 And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away. 27 And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister; 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields, 29 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people. 31 But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
  • Gen 29:33-34 : 33 Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon. 34 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named 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 woman of Canaan; 11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

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  • Gen 34:29-30
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    29 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

    30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

  • Gen 34:25-27
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    25 But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

    26 And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

    27 And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

  • Gen 49:6-7
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    6 Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.

    7 A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

  • Gen 35:23
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    23 Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

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

  • Gen 49:4
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    4 But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

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

  • Josh 19:9
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    9 The heritage of Simeon was taken out of Judah's stretch of land, for Judah's part was more than they had need of, so the heritage of the children of Simeon was inside their heritage.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

    2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

    15 But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;

  • Judg 1:3
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    3 Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

  • Gen 34:13
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    13 But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

  • Hos 6:9
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    9 And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.