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Jacob and Levi
How Jacob and Levi are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jacob was a parent of Levi.
Levi was Jacob's third son by Leah. With Simeon he slew the men of Shechem, and in his last words Jacob said of the two, "I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel."
two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi
Genesis 34:25, King James Version
I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel
Genesis 49:7, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 49:5-7
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 34:25
25And 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 49:5-7
5Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
King James Version