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Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

KJV

Simeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia.

Vulgate

Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ ἀδελφοί. συνετέλεσαν ἀδικίαν ἐξ αἱρέσεως αὐτῶν.

LXX

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

ASV

שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְ/לֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י חָמָ֖ס מְכֵרֹתֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SimeonLeviLeviSimeonSimeon

In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֶֽם
hm
pronoun · 1×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ו
v
noun · 324×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
שִׁמְע֔וֹן
shm'vn
proper_noun · 44×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Gen 29:33 — And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
  • Gen 29:33 — And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
  • Gen 29:34 — And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
  • Gen 34:25 — 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 boldly, and slew all the ma
  • Gen 34:25 — 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 boldly, and slew all the ma
  • Gen 46:10 — And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
  • Rev 7:7 — Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.