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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 hath heard that I [am] hated, he hath 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 Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, 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 they took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
 27Jacob's sons came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field they took;
 29and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, they took captive and spoiled, even all that [was] in the house. (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 hath heard that I [am] hated, he hath 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 Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, 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 they took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
 27Jacob's sons came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field they took;
 29and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, they took captive and spoiled, even all that [was] in the house.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
 31And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister? (Gen. 34:25‑31)
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Gen. 46:10‑11• 10and the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Saul son of a Canaanitish woman.
 11And the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath and Merari; (Gen. 46:10‑11)
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Prov. 18:9• 9He also that is slack in his work{HR}Is brother to him that is a 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 Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, 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 they took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
 27Jacob's sons came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field they took;
 29and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, they took captive and spoiled, even all that [was] in the house.
 31And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister? (Gen. 34:25‑29,31)
• Past History of the Nation. Simeon and Levi.-People and priest united in cruelty and wickedness. (article #93512)

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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Simeon and Levi [are] brethren, weapons of violence their swords.