Genesis 49:6-7 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 49:6

Genesis 49:6. My soul, come not thou into their secret Their cursed plot hatched in secret: far be it from me to approve of their secret designs. And let not mine honour Or good name, be stained by being associated with theirs. Thus he signifies to all posterity that that bloody enterprise was undertaken without his consent, and that he could not think of it without detestation, nor let it pass without a severe censure. For in their anger they slew a man Shechem himself, and many... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 49:7

Genesis 49:7. Cursed be their anger Not their persons. We ought always, in the expressions of our zeal, carefully to distinguish between the sinner and the sin, so as not to love or bless the sin for the sake of the person, nor to hate or curse the person for the sake of the sin. I will divide them The Levites were scattered throughout all the tribes, and Simeon’s lot lay not together, and was so strait that many of that tribe were forced to disperse themselves in quest of settlements and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 49:1-28

Blessings on Jacob’s twelve sons (49:1-28)The last words of Jacob to his sons found their fulfilment in the history of Israel’s twelve tribes (49:1-2). First Jacob dealt with the six sons of Leah (see v. 3-15), then with the four sons of the minor wives (see v. 16-21), and finally with the two sons of Rachel (see v. 22-27).Reuben should have been strong, but through lack of self-control he lost the leadership of the nation (3-4; cf. 35:22). Simeon and Levi had been violent, and their tribes... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:6

my soul = myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . secret = council. unto. Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac insert "and" = "and into". assembly. Hebrew. kahal = Greek. eeclesia. See Genesis 28:3 . digged down a wall. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "hamstrung an ox". Compare Genesis 34:26 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:7

divide. Fulfilled, Joshua 19:1 . 1 Chronicles 4:39-43 .Leviticus 25:32-34 . Levi's turned to blessing later, Exodus 32:26-29 . Deuteronomy 10:8 , Deuteronomy 10:9 . Jacob. First occurance as used of the whole nation. Israel. See note on Genesis 34:7 . Compare Genesis 47:27 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 49:5-7

"Simeon and Levi are brethren. Weapons of violence are their swords. 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. Cursed 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."The background of this prophecy is the shameful conduct of these two brothers in the events hinging upon the rape of their... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:6

Genesis 49:6. O my soul, come not thou, &c.— Or, into their secret my soul entered not. But our translation is much more emphatic. Jacob, by this pathetic exclamation, testifies the higher detestation of his sons' barbarity. Their secret, means their wicked designs, which are called their secret, because such designs are commonly carried on with deep secrecy. See Psalms 64:2. He goes on, unto their assembly, Mine honour, be not thou united. Mine honour answers to my soul in the preceding... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:7

Genesis 49:7. Cursed— The excessive anger and resentment here mentioned may be justly said to have produced cursed effects, and, in consequence, the curse which immediately follows. Job pours this execration not upon their persons, far less upon their posterity, but upon their boisterous passion; as much as to say, let the implacable desire of revenge, which they cherished in so settled and inflexible a manner, and the cruel and bloody issue of that revenge, for ever appear execrable in the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:1-28

14. Jacob’s blessing of his sons 49:1-28Having blessed Pharaoh (Genesis 47:7-10) and Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48:15-20), Jacob next blessed all 12 of his sons and foretold what would become of each of them and their descendants. He disqualified Reuben, Simeon, and Levi from leadership and gave that blessing to Judah. He granted the double portion to Joseph. This chapter is the last one in Genesis that gives the destinies of the family members of Abraham’s chosen line. It contains... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:5-7

Simeon and Levi. These two were brothers not only by blood but also in disposition. They were violent, wicked men (Genesis 34:25-31). Because of their wickedness they would have no independent tribal territory, but their descendants would live scattered among the other tribes. By the second census, just before the Israelites entered Canaan, the Simeonites had become the smallest tribe (Numbers 26). Moses passed over the Simeonites in his blessing of the Israelites (Deuteronomy 33). This tribe... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 49:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 49:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 49:1-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 49:5-7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:1-28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:5-7

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