Genesis 49:6 — I never want to take part in your plans or deeds. You slaughtered people in you… — CEV | maBible

Read Genesis 49:6 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 49.6, Genesis 49v6, Gen. 49:6. I never want to take part in your plans or deeds. You slaughtered people in your anger, and you crippled cattle for no reason.

Other reference formats: Genesis 49.6, Genesis 49v6, Gen. 49:6.

6 I never want to take part in your plans or deeds. You slaughtered people in your anger, and you crippled cattle for no reason.

Passage themes

An inner refusal — O my soul, come not thou
Refusing complicity — come not thou into
Hidden plots — into their secret
Avoiding their company — unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united
The slaughter at Shechem — in their anger they slew a man

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Le premier signe d'alliance L'arc-en-ciel apparaît pour la première fois dans la Bible comme un signe d'alliance : Dieu le place dans le ciel après le déluge pour promettre qu'il ne détruira plus jamais la terre par les eaux (Genèse 9:13-15).

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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