“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of [a]cruelty are in their dwelling place.

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  1. Genesis 49:5 violence

“Simeon(A) and Levi(B) are brothers—
    their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(C)

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  1. Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

(A)Let not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united (B)to their assembly;
(C)For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they [a]hamstrung an ox.

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  1. Genesis 49:6 lamed

Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(A)
for they have killed men in their anger(B)
    and hamstrung(C) oxen as they pleased.

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