Genesis 49:5-7

The Voice

⁵     Simeon and Levi are indeed brothers, kindred spirits
        who use their swords^[a] for cruelty and violence.
⁶     May I never enter their confidence;
        from the two of them I must part company to retain my honor.
    Because in their anger, they’ve killed men,
        and they’ve hamstrung oxen on a whim.
⁷     Their anger be cursed, for they have fierce tempers.
        Their wrath be cursed, for they can be cruel.
    I will scatter their children among Jacob’s descendants
        and spread them throughout the land of Israel.