Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Siméon et Lévi sont frères; Leurs glaives sont des instruments de violence.
KJV
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
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