As Yaakov senses his life coming to a close, he gathers his sons around him to give them each one final, personalized blessing. Indeed each son gets his individual blessing except for Shimon and Levi who are addressed jointly. Further, the text of their blessing sounds more like a curse than like a blessing: “Shimon and Levi are comrades (brothers), their weaponry is a stolen craft. In their conspiracy may my soul not enter … For in their rage they murdered people and at their whim they maimed an ox. Accursed is their rage for it is intense, and their wrath for it is harsh; I will divide them within Jacob and I will disperse them among Israel.”
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