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For in their anger they murdered men, and they crippled oxen just for sport. <a href="/esv/genesis/49.htm">English Standard Version</a> Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen. <a href="/bsb/genesis/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim. <a href="/kjv/genesis/49.htm">King James Bible</a> O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/49.htm">New King James Version</a> Let not my soul enter their council; Let not my honor be united to their assembly; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “May my soul not enter into their council; May my glory not be united with their assembly; For in their anger they killed men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen. <a href="/nasb/genesis/49.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Let my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Let my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen. <a href="/lsb/genesis/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Let my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they killed men, And in their self-will they hamstrung oxen. <a href="/amp/genesis/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “O my soul, do not come into their secret council; Let not my glory (honor) be united with their assembly [for I knew nothing of their plot]; Because in their anger they killed men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites], And in their self-will they lamed oxen. <a href="/csb/genesis/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen. <a href="/asv/genesis/49.htm">American Standard Version</a> O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox. <a href="/cev/genesis/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I never want to take part in your plans or deeds. You slaughtered people in your anger, and you crippled cattle for no reason. <a href="/erv/genesis/49.htm">English Revised Version</a> O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their selfwill they houghed an ox. <a href="/gwt/genesis/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Do not let me attend their secret meetings. Do not let me join their assembly. In their anger they murdered men. At their whim they crippled cattle. <a href="/gnt/genesis/49.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will not join in their secret talks, Nor will I take part in their meetings, For they killed people in anger And they crippled bulls for sport. <a href="/isv/genesis/49.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll never join their council; I'll never enter their assembly. In their anger they committed murder and lamed cattle just for fun. <a href="/msb/genesis/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim. <a href="/net/genesis/49.htm">NET Bible</a> O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen. <a href="/nheb/genesis/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> May I never enter their council. May my honor never be joined with their assembly. For in their anger they killed men, and for pleasure they hamstrung oxen. <a href="/wbt/genesis/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> O my soul, come not thou into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. <a href="/web/genesis/49.htm">World English Bible</a> My 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Into their secret, do not come, O my soul! Do not be united to their assembly, O my glory; For in their anger they slew a man, "" And in their self-will eradicated a prince. <a href="/ylt/genesis/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince. <a href="/slt/genesis/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> My soul shall not come into their consultation; in their assembly, my honor shall not be united, for in their anger they killed a man and in their will, houghed a bullock.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: "be- cause in their fury they slew a man, and in their selfwill they undermined a wall. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall. <a href="/nabre/genesis/49.htm">New American Bible</a> Let not my person enter their council, or my honor be joined with their company; For in their fury they killed men, at their whim they maimed oxen. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company— for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I never agreed to their counsels; nor did I lower myself to sit in their assembly; for in their anger they slew men and in their rage they destroyed a town wall. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Into their secrets my soul has not entered, and I have not come down from my glory into their assembly, because in their rage they murdered men and in their anger they tore down a city wall.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Let my soul not come into their council; Unto their assembly let my glory not be not united; For in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they houghed oxen. <a href="/sep/genesis/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull. <a href="/parallel/genesis/49-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=12828" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/49.htm">Jacob Blesses His Sons</a> …5Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. 6<a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">May I</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">never</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5475.htm" title="5475: bə·sō·ḏām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Council, counsel. From yacad; a session, i.e. Company of persons; by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret.">their council;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: kə·ḇō·ḏî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">may I</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">never</a> <a href="/hebrew/3161.htm" title="3161: tê·ḥaḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To be united. A primitive root; to be one.">join</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: biq·hā·lām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">their assembly.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: hā·rə·ḡū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">they kill</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ḇə·’ap·pām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in their anger,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6131.htm" title="6131: ‘iq·qə·rū- (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To pluck or root up. A primitive root; to pluck up; specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate.">and hamstring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7794.htm" title="7794: šō·wr (N-ms) -- A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.). From shuwr; a bullock.">oxen</a> <a href="/hebrew/7522.htm" title="7522: ū·ḇir·ṣō·nām (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will. Or ratson; from ratsah; delight.">on a whim.</a> 7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">Genesis 34:25-30</a> Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male. / They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. / Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled. ... <a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Exodus 20:13</a> You shall not murder. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-24.htm">Deuteronomy 27:24</a> ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">Proverbs 1:10-16</a> My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. / If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, / let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. ... <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Hosea 6:9</a> Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. <a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Matthew 5:21-22</a> You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ / But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. <a href="/luke/22-49.htm">Luke 22:49-51</a> Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” / And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. / But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him. <a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— <a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Romans 3:15-17</a> “Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.” <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a> Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-8</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. ... <a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9-10</a> We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>O my soul, come not you into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not you united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they dig down a wall.O my soul.<a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Judges 5:21</a> The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.<a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Psalm 42:5,11</a> Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance… <a href="/psalms/43-5.htm">Psalm 43:5</a> Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.come.<a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Genesis 34:30</a> And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.<a href="/psalms/5-10.htm">Psalm 5:10</a> Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.<a href="/psalms/26-4.htm">Psalm 26:4,5</a> I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers… secret.<a href="/deuteronomy/27-24.htm">Deuteronomy 27:24</a> Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.<a href="/psalms/26-9.htm">Psalm 26:9</a> Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:<a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Psalm 94:20</a> Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?honour.<a href="/psalms/16-9.htm">Psalm 16:9</a> Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.<a href="/psalms/30-12.htm">Psalm 30:12</a> To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.<a href="/psalms/57-8.htm">Psalm 57:8</a> Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.a man.<a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">Genesis 34:25,26</a> And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males… digged down a wall.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/44-18.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/genesis/47-18.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Company</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm">Council</a> <a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/26-32.htm">Digged</a> <a href="/genesis/48-7.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/genesis/44-17.htm">Far</a> <a href="/genesis/45-13.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Hamstring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Hamstrung</a> <a href="/genesis/45-26.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Hocked</a> <a href="/genesis/49-3.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/genesis/45-13.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Houghed</a> <a href="/genesis/34-9.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/genesis/38-10.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/james/2-2.htm">Meetings</a> <a href="/genesis/32-5.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/genesis/34-28.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/genesis/47-26.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/45-16.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/genesis/33-10.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/genesis/49-5.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/revelation/2-24.htm">Secrets</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Self-Will</a> <a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/genesis/38-10.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/genesis/44-30.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/45-27.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/genesis/29-34.htm">United</a> <a href="/revelation/21-19.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Wantonness</a> <a href="/genesis/34-27.htm">Wounded</a> <a href="/genesis/39-19.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/49-7.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/50-9.htm">Company</a> <a href="/judges/20-7.htm">Council</a> <a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/50-5.htm">Digged</a> <a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/exodus/2-4.htm">Far</a> <a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Hamstring</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Hamstrung</a> <a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Hocked</a> <a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Houghed</a> <a href="/exodus/26-3.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/exodus/2-12.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-2.htm">Meetings</a> <a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Part</a> <a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/exodus/31-17.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Secrets</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Self-Will</a> <a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/exodus/2-12.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/49-33.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/judges/20-11.htm">United</a> <a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/judges/20-6.htm">Wantonness</a> <a href="/numbers/21-8.htm">Wounded</a> <a href="/genesis/49-7.htm">Wrath</at<div class="vheading2">Genesis 49</div>1. <a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Jacob calls his sons to bless them.</a> 3. <a href="/genesis/49-3.htm">Their blessing in particular.</a> 29. <a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">He charges them about his burial.</a> 33. <a href="/genesis/49-33.htm">He dies.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase reflects a strong disassociation from the actions and decisions of Simeon and Levi, the sons of Jacob. In biblical context, councils were gatherings where decisions were made, often by elders or leaders. The speaker, Jacob, distances himself from their violent and impulsive behavior, indicating a moral and spiritual separation. This can be seen as a call to avoid ungodly influences, aligning with <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a>, which advises against walking in the counsel of the wicked.may I never join their assembly. Assemblies in ancient Israel were significant gatherings for communal decision-making and worship. By refusing to join their assembly, Jacob emphasizes the severity of Simeon and Levi's actions. This separation underscores the importance of maintaining purity and righteousness, as seen in <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a>, which speaks about not being unequally yoked with unbelievers. The assembly here is not just a physical gathering but represents shared values and actions.For they kill men in their anger, This phrase highlights the violent nature of Simeon and Levi, referencing their actions in <a href="/genesis/34.htm">Genesis 34</a>, where they avenged their sister Dinah by killing the men of Shechem. Anger leading to murder is condemned throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Matthew 5:21-22</a>, where Jesus equates anger with murder in the heart. This serves as a warning against allowing emotions to lead to sin.and hamstring oxen on a whim. Hamstringing oxen was a cruel act that rendered the animals useless for work, reflecting wanton destruction and disregard for God's creation. This act symbolizes unnecessary violence and impulsive cruelty. In a broader sense, it represents the misuse of power and authority, contrasting with the stewardship and care expected of God's people, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a>, which speaks of the righteous caring for the needs of their animals.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a> The patriarch of the twelve tribes of Israel, who is giving his final blessings and prophecies concerning his sons. 2. <a href="/topical/s/simeon_and_levi.htm">Simeon and Levi</a> Two of Jacob's sons, whose actions are being condemned in this verse. They are known for their violent response to the defilement of their sister Dinah. 3. <a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a> The place where Simeon and Levi took revenge on the men of the city after their sister Dinah was violated. 4. <a href="/topical/d/dinah.htm">Dinah</a> The sister of Simeon and Levi, whose defilement led to their violent actions. 5. <a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a> The broader region where these events took place, significant in the history of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_anger.htm">The Consequences of Anger</a> Simeon and Levi's actions serve as a warning about the destructive power of uncontrolled anger. Believers are called to exercise self-control and seek God's wisdom in handling conflicts. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_counsel.htm">The Importance of Godly Counsel</a> Jacob's desire to avoid their assembly highlights the need for surrounding oneself with wise and godly counsel. Christians should seek fellowship with those who encourage righteousness. <a href="/topical/r/redemption_and_transformation.htm">Redemption and Transformation</a> Despite their past, the tribe of Levi is later set apart for God's service. This illustrates God's ability to redeem and transform our past mistakes for His purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_our_actions_on_legacy.htm">The Impact of Our Actions on Legacy</a> Simeon and Levi's actions affected their descendants' inheritance. Our actions today can have long-lasting effects on future generations, emphasizing the importance of living righteously. <a href="/topical/z/zeal_for_god_vs._misguided_zeal.htm">Zeal for God vs. Misguided Zeal</a> The Levites' later zeal for God contrasts with their earlier misguided actions. Believers should channel their passion into serving God and upholding His standards.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_49.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 49</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_sons_of_god_in_the_bible.htm">Who are the sons of God in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_house_of_prayer.htm">What is the Divine Council concept?</a> <a href="/q/is_genesis_49_5-7_vs._levites'_role_contradictory.htm">Why does Genesis 49:5-7 curse Simeon and Levi, yet the Levites later assume priestly duties--does this indicate an internal contradiction?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_86_8_conflict_with_monotheism.htm">Psalm 86:8 - Does acknowledging the existence of 'other gods' conflict with the Bible's insistence on strict monotheism?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Their secret.--The word sod used here is literally the little carpet, or cushion, upon which an Oriental sits. Consequently, for two persons to sit upon the same carpet marks a high degree of friendship and familiarity. It would therefore be more exactly translated alliance, or intimacy.Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united.--For assembly (Heb. congregation), see <a href="/genesis/28-3.htm" title="And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;">Genesis 28:3</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm" title="And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins;">Genesis 35:11</a>. It means here their union, or confederacy. In the first clause Jacob bids his soul, his true self, not to enter their alliance; here, after the manner of the parallelism of Hebrew poetry, he intensifies the meaning. For by mine honour, he signifies all that gave him dignity and worth in the sight of God and man. And this nobleness would be degraded and lost by union with men banded together for evil.In their self-will they digged down a wall--Self-will is worse than anger, and signifies that arrogant temper which leads on to wanton cruelty. The last words mean, they houghed an ox. The Vulgand Syriac took it as our version does, and understood it of making a breach in the walls of Shechem; but they had a different reading, shur, whereas the word in the Hebrew is shor, an ox, and it is so rendered by the LXX. The ox was in old times the symbol of majesty, and thus bulls are put for princes in <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm" title="Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.">Psalm 22:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm" title="Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter you the people that delight in war.">Psalm 68:30</a>. Thus, then, the meaning is, "In their anger at the wrong done to their sister they slew Hamor, prince of Shechem, with his people; and from wanton cruelty, without any just cause for indignation, they hamstrung the noblest of their brethren, not killing Joseph outright, but disabling him by selling him into slavery, that he might there perish." <a href="/commentaries/genesis/49-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>May I נַפְשִׁ֔י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion never אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not enter תָּבֹ֣א (tā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go their council; בְּסֹדָם֙ (bə·sō·ḏām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5475.htm">Strong's 5475: </a> A session, company of persons, intimacy, consultation, a secret may I כְּבֹדִ֑י (kə·ḇō·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> Weight, splendor, copiousness never אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not join תֵּחַ֣ד (tê·ḥaḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3161.htm">Strong's 3161: </a> To be united their assembly. בִּקְהָלָ֖ם (biq·hā·lām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they kill הָ֣רְגוּ (hā·rə·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent men אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person in their anger, בְאַפָּם֙ (ḇə·’ap·pām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire and hamstring עִקְּרוּ־ (‘iq·qə·rū-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6131.htm">Strong's 6131: </a> To pluck up, to hamstring, to exterminate oxen שֽׁוֹר׃ (šō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7794.htm">Strong's 7794: </a> A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) on a whim. וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם (ū·ḇir·ṣō·nām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7522.htm">Strong's 7522: </a> Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/49-6.htm">OT Law: Genesis 49:6 My soul don't come into their council (Gen. 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