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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Simeon
Shim`own (Hebrew #8095)
hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
KJV usage: Simeon.
Pronounce: shim-one'
Origin: from 8085
q and Levi
Leviy (Hebrew #3878)
attached; Levi, a son of Jacob
KJV usage: Levi. See also 3879, 3881.
Pronounce: lay-vee'
Origin: from 3867
are brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
; κinstruments
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
of cruelty
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
r are in their habitations
mkerah (Hebrew #4380)
a sword
KJV usage: habitation.
Pronounce: mek-ay-raw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3564 in the sense of stabbing
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Gen. 29:33‑34• 33And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.
 34And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. (Gen. 29:33‑34)
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or, their swords are weapons of violence.
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Gen. 34:25‑29• 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 his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.
 27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what was in the city, and what was in the field they took;
 29and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses. (Gen. 34:25‑29)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Simeon.
Gen. 29:33‑34• 33And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.
 34And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. (Gen. 29:33‑34)
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Gen. 34:25‑31• 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 his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.
 27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what was in the city, and what was in the field they took;
 29and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land--among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
 31And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot? (Gen. 34:25‑31)
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Gen. 46:10‑11• 10--And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
 11--And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Gen. 46:10‑11)
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Prov. 18:9• 9He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer. (Prov. 18:9)
instruments, etc.
or, their swords are weapons of violence.
Gen. 34:25‑29,31• 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 his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.
 27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what was in the city, and what was in the field they took;
 29and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses.
 31And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot? (Gen. 34:25‑29,31)
• Past History of the Nation. Simeon and Levi.-People and priest united in cruelty and wickedness. (“Prophetic Blessings of Jacob and Moses: Genesis 49, Deuteronomy 33” by W. Scott)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swordsb.

JND Translation Notes

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The sense of the Hebrew word is doubtful.