King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 49:6
“O 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.”
Verse in context — Genesis 49
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
O 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.
Cursed [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.
Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand [shall be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
About Genesis
The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
Explore all chapters of Genesis →