[a]Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
(A)Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.

(B)Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Their [b]swords are implements of violence.
(C)May my soul not enter into their council;
May my glory not be united with their assembly;
For in their anger they killed [c]men,
And in their self-will they lamed [d]oxen.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:4 Or Gushing over
  2. Genesis 49:5 Or plans; meaning uncertain
  3. Genesis 49:6 Lit a man
  4. Genesis 49:6 Lit an ox

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