Moral and Religious Anecdotal Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.… — Theodorus Gaddaraeus, who was tutor to Tiberius the Roman Emperor, observing in him, while a boy, a very sanguinary nature and disposition, which lay lurking under a show of levity, was wont to call him "a lump of clay steeped and soaked in blood." His predictions of him did not fail in the event. Tiberius thought death was too light a punishment for any one that displeased him. Hearing that one Carnulius who had displeased him had cut his own throat, "Carnulius," said he, "has escaped me." To another, who begged of him that he might die quickly, "No," said he, "you are not so much in favour as that yet." (Moral and Religious Anecdotal.) Parallel Verses KJV: Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.WEB: "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. |
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