Genesis 49:5

Genesis 49:5 in other translations

Genesis 49:5 in context

1. 3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength;
   excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
2. 4Boiling over like water, you shall not excel;
   because you went up to your father’s bed,
   then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
3. 5“Simeon and Levi are brothers.
   Their swords are weapons of violence.
4. 6My soul, don’t come into their council.
   My glory, don’t be united to their assembly;
   for in their anger they killed men.
   In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
5. 7Cursed 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.