Simeon

Hebrew origin

Simeon is Jacob and Leah's second son; in Genesis 49 Jacob pairs him with Levi for rage and bloodshed and says they will be scattered in Israel.

Family

Parents

Jacob

Yahweh names Jacob with Abraham and Isaac when he tells Moses to lead Israel to …

Leah

Leah is Laban's elder daughter and Jacob's first wife; in Genesis 49 Jacob recal…

Siblings

Reuben

Reuben is Jacob and Leah's firstborn; in Genesis 49 Jacob declares he will not b…

Levi

Levi is Jacob and Leah's third son; Genesis 49 pairs him with Simeon for rage an…

Judah

Judah is Jacob and Leah's fourth son; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him as a lion'…

Dan

Dan is Jacob's son through Bilhah; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him to govern his…

Naphtali

Naphtali is Jacob's son through Bilhah; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens him to a swif…

Gad

Gad is Jacob's son through Zilpah; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him as one who wi…

Asher

Asher is Jacob's son through Zilpah; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him with rich f…

Issachar

Issachar is Jacob and Leah's fifth son; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens him to a stro…

Zebulun

Zebulun is Jacob and Leah's sixth son; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him to live b…

Dinah

Dinah is Jacob and Leah's daughter; Genesis 34 recounts her violation by Shechem…

Joseph

Joseph put Israel under oath to take his bones from Egypt; in Exodus 13 Moses ta…

Benjamin

Benjamin is Jacob and Rachel's youngest son; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens him to a…

Esau

Esau is Isaac's firstborn twin, also called Edom and ancestor of the Edomites; G…

Genesis 29:33
Conceiving again, she gave birth to a son and said, 'Yahweh heard that I was unloved, and so he has given me this one too'; and she named him Simeon.
Genesis 34:25
Now on the third day, when the men were still in pain, Jacob's two sons Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and advanced unopposed against the town and slaughtered all the males.
Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, 'You have done me an ill turn by bringing me into bad odour with the people of the region...'
Genesis 34:31
They retorted, 'Should our sister be treated like a whore?'
Genesis 37:18
They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they made a plot to kill him.
Genesis 43:23
'Set your minds at ease,' he replied, 'do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.' And he brought Simeon out to them.
Genesis 46:10
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanite woman.
Genesis 48:5
Now your two sons, born to you in Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be as much mine as Reuben and Simeon.
Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brothers in carrying out their malicious plans.
Genesis 49:7
Accursed be their rage for its ruthlessness, their wrath for its ferocity. I shall disperse them in Jacob, I shall scatter them through Israel.