Genesis 49:5

Simeon. Genesis 29:33 Genesis 29:34 Genesis 34:25-29 Genesis 46:10 Genesis 46:11 Proverbs 18:9 instruments, etc. or, their swords are weapons of violence. Genesis 34:25-29

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob Blesses His Sons 5. מכרה m e kêrāh , “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing of Jacob. This poem had an independent origin, but if it was incorporated in one of the main documents it would be in J. It is not a m...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Simeon and Levi are brethren. He condemns the massacre of the city of Shechem by his two sons Simon and Levi, and denounces the punishment...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. Simeon and Levi are brethren - Not only springing from the same pa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Simeon and Levi are brethren— That is, fellows in wickedness. אחים achim, rendered brethren, is used for persons of the same turn of mind. See...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. Simeon and Levi are brethren - i:e., united by similar disposi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Blesses his Twelve Sons It is generally considered that in its present form, this chapter gives us indeed the last utterances of the dying p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Instruments of cruelty, etc .] better, 'their swords are weapons of violence.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Simeon and Levi are brethren. — That is, they are alike in character and disposition. Despising the feeble Reuben, they seem to have been close fri...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBES Genesis 48:1-22 ; Genesis 49:1-33 JACOB'S blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. He...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Foretells the Future of His Sons Genesis 49:1-13 Once more Joseph visited his father's dying-bed. This was the third time and the last. H...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Before his passing, Jacob, in forecasting the future of his sons, based what he had to say on what he had already seen in them. In some cases the all...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 34:30 . The Simeonites and Levites were scattered among the other tribes. Joshua 21:3 ; Joshua 21:3 ; 1 Chronicles 6:24 , etc.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Simeon and Levi are brothers ,.... Not because they were so in a natural sense, being brethren both by father and mother's side, for there were othe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations. Ver. 5. Simeon and Levi are brethren. ] Nobile par fratrum a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Simeon and Levi are brethren In disposition, but unlike their father: they were passionate and revengeful, fierce and wilful; instruments of cruel...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S PROPHECY AS TO THE TWELVE TRIBES (vs.1-28) After a life of many failures and troubles, the last days of Jacob stand out in bright relief....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Simeon and Levi are brethren; not only by nature, but in iniquity; of like cruel and bloody disposition, confederate in the same wicked design, G...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Simeon and Levi are brothers, Weapons of violence are their swords, Oh my soul, do not come into their council, Oh my glory, to their assembly...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:4 . Unstable as water.] Heb. Boiling over as water. Another form of this word is rendered lightness, in Jeremiah...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 48 and 49 (with Deuteronomy 33 and Judges 5 ) Jacob's blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Hencefort...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 49:5-7 From the history of Simeon and Levi we learn in many ways the evil consequences of giving reins to our angry passions and wild desi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

l, 2. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last day. Gathe...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 49:1-3 . And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Simeon and Levi are brethren The blessing of Simeon and Levi: I. THEIR SIN. 1. Immoderate revenge. 2. Cruelty to unoffending beasts. 3....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 49:1 And Jacob (having closed his interview with Joseph and his two sons) called (by means of messengers) unto his...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Simeon and Levi are brethren, not only by parentage, but also in character; they also were unfit for leadership. Instruments of cruelty are in their...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The blessing upon Simeon and Levi
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Simeon and Levi are brethren — Brethren in disposition, but unlike their father: they were passionate and revengeful, fierce and wilful; their swor...

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; instrumentsa of cruelty are in their habitations.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 49:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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