Gen 49:5-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 49:5-7: 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi were violent and lawless; instead of serving justice, they indulged their uncontrolled anger and disregarded life (34:24-29 ). • I will scatter them: Simeon’s land was largely absorbed into Judah’s (Josh 19:1 , 9 ); Levi was given a more honorable future because the Levites became the priestly tribe (see Exod 32:25-29 ), but they had no region of their own (Josh 21 ).

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‏ Genesis 49:5-7

Summary for Gen 49:5-7: 49:5-7 ^a Simeon and Levi were violent and lawless; instead of serving justice, they indulged their uncontrolled anger and disregarded life (34:24-29 ^b).

• I will scatter them: Simeon’s land was largely absorbed into Judah’s (Josh 19:1 ^c, 9 ^d); Levi was given a more honorable future because the Levites became the priestly tribe (see Exod 32:25-29 ^e), but they had no region of their own (Josh 21 ^f).