Tribes
Simeon
One of Israel's tribes descending from Jacob and Leah's son Simeon in Genesis 29; in Genesis 49 Jacob curses Simeon and Levi's rage and says they will be scattered in Israel.
Category
Tribes
First mention
Genesis 29:33
Tags
3
Genesis 29, 49IsraelTribe
Scripture references
- Genesis 29:33
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 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.