Genesis 49:6 — Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have k… — NIV | maBible

Read Genesis 49:6 (New International Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 49.6, Genesis 49v6, Gen. 49:6. Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

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

6 Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

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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