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.
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The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: …
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. …
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-7)These were next in age to Reuben, and they also had been a grief and shame to Jacob, when they treacherously and barbarously destroyed the Shechemites, which he here remembers against them. Children should be afraid of incurring their parents’ just displeasure, lest they fare the worse for it long afterwards, and, when they would inherit the blessing, be rejected. Observe, 1. The character of Sime…
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