Genesis 49:5 Cross References - ISV

⁵ On the Future of Simeon and Levi“Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are violent weapons.

³³ Later, she conceived again, bore a son, and declared, “Because the LORD heard that I’m neglected, he gave me this one, too.” So she named him Simeon.
³⁴ Later, she conceived again and said, “This time my husband will become attached to me, now that I’ve borne him three sons.” So he named him Levi.

²⁵ Three days later, while they were still in pain, Jacob’s sons Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah’s brothers, each grabbed a sword and entered the city unannounced, intending to kill all the males. ²⁶ They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took back Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left. ²⁷ Jacob’s other sons came along afterward and plundered the city where their sister had been defiled, ²⁸ seizing all of their flocks, herds, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city or had been left out in the field. ²⁹ They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives as captives, plundering everything that remained in the houses.
³⁰ Then Jacob told Simeon and Levi, “You have certainly stirred up trouble for me! You’ve made me despised by the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in this territory. Because I have only a few men with me, they’re going to gather themselves together and attack me until I am totally destroyed, along with my entire household!”
³¹ “Should he have treated our sister like a whore?” they asked in response.

¹⁰ Simeon’s sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a Canaanite woman; ¹¹ Levi’s sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

⁹ Avoiding Fools and Their FoolishnessWhoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.