25And 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.
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Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. …
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. …
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. …
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-31)Here, we have Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob’s sons, young men not much above twenty years old, cutting the throats of the Shechemites, and thereby breaking the heart of their good father. I. Here is the barbarous murder of the Shechemites. Jacob himself was used to the sheep-hook, but his sons had got swords by their sides, as if they had been the seed of Esau, who was to live by his sword; we hav…
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