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Jacob and Simeon (Leah’s son)
How Jacob and Simeon (Leah’s son) are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jacob was a parent of Simeon (Leah’s son).
Simeon was Jacob's second son by Leah. Jacob rebuked him for the slaughter at Shechem, and when Simeon was held in Egypt, Jacob said, "Simeon is not".
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon
Genesis 35:23, King James Version
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me
Genesis 34:30, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 42:36
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 34:30
30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis 35:23
23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 42:36
36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
King James Version