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Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

מכרה mekêrāh — “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related:

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Simeon and Levi are brethren. —That is, they are alike in character and disposition. Despising the feeble Reuben, they se…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch. Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Simeon and Levi are brothers Not because they were so in a natural sense, being brethren both by father and mother's side…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Reuben was the firstborn; but by gross sin, he forfeited the birthright. The character of Reuben is that he was unstable as water. Men do not thriv…

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