25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,(A) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon(B) and Levi,(C) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords(D) and attacked the unsuspecting city,(E) killing every male.(F)

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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 males.

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25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, (A)Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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11 The sons of (A)Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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“Simeon(A) and Levi(B) are brothers—
    their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(C)
Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(D)
for they have killed men in their anger(E)
    and hamstrung(F) oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(G) so cruel!(H)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(I)

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Footnotes

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

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

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

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“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of [a]cruelty are in their dwelling place.
(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 [b]hamstrung an ox.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
(D)I will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:5 violence
  2. Genesis 49:6 lamed

The Birth of Moses

Now a man of the tribe of Levi(A) married a Levite woman,(B)

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And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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Moses Is Born(A)

And (B)a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.

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16 These were the names of the sons of Levi(A) according to their records: Gershon,(B) Kohath and Merari.(C) Levi lived 137 years.

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16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

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16 These are the names of (A)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.

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19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.(A)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

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19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

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19 (A)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

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47 The ancestral tribe of the Levites,(A) however, was not counted(B) along with the others.

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47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

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47 But (A)the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe;

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17 These were the names of the sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon,(B) Kohath(C) and Merari.(D)

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans:

Libni and Shimei.(E)

19 The Kohathite clans:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(F)

20 The Merarite clans:(G)

Mahli and Mushi.(H)

These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

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17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

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17 (A)These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of (B)Gershon by their families: (C)Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of (D)Kohath by their families: (E)Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 (F)And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.

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57 These were the Levites(A) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

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57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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57 (A)And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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