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Simeon

GenesisExodusNumbers1 Chronicles
When
Name meaning

"heard" · Hebrew

"The LORD hath heard that I was hated" (Genesis 29:33).

About

Second son of Jacob and Leah. He and his brother Levi killed the men of Shechem. When Jacob's sons traveled to Egypt, Joseph kept Simeon as a hostage until they returned with Benjamin.

Relationships
FatherJacobFather
MotherLeahMother
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Genesis 29:33
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.Genesis 29:33, KJV
Genesis 34:25
And 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.Genesis 34:25, KJV
Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.Genesis 42:24, KJV
Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.Genesis 49:5, KJV

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