5. Simeon and Levi are brothers,weapons of violence their stock in trade.
6. May I myself never enter their council.May my honor never be linked to their group;for when they were angry, they killed men,and whenever they wished, they maimed oxen.
7. Cursed be their anger; it is violent,their rage; it is relentless.I’ll divide them up within Jacoband disperse them within Israel.
8. Judah, you are the one your brothers will honor;your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9. Judah is a lion’s cub;from the prey, my son, you rise up.He lies down and crouches like a lion;like a lioness—who dares disturb him?