Genesis 49:5 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Blessings of the Patriarchs (397)

For the brothers supplied the reasons for their own misfortune when they claimed to their father that they, although young in years, were vindicators and avengers of a wrong done to the sense of respect and of a violation of chastity. Surely the holy Jacob could not have condemned the fact that they did not permit their sister to be unavenged, in the position of a harlot, who had lost her virginity and did not have the consolation of a vindication.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Simeon and Levi are brethren - Not only springing from the same parents, but they have the same kind or disposition, head-strong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel. They have accomplished, etc. - Our margin has it, Their swords are weapons of violence, i. e., Their swords, which they should have used in defense of their persons or the honorable protection of their families, they have employed in the base and dastardly murder of an innocent people.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׁמְע֥וֹן	shim.'on	Simeon	H8095 →
וְלֵוִ֖י	ve.le.Vi	and Levi	H3878 →
אַחִ֑ים	'a.Chim	[are] brothers	H251 →
כְּלֵ֥י	ke.Lei	[are] weapons of	H3627 →
חָמָ֖ס	cha.Mas	violence	H2555 →
מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃	me.khe.ro.tei.Hem	swords their	H4380 →

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Through
Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:4
  Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Hebrews 6:12
  Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
- Proverbs 24:30–34
  I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Proverbs 23:20–21
  Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- Romans 12:11
  Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

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