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Simeon

שִׁמְעוֹןΣυμεών

Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah, was the founder of the tribe of Simeon and played a role in the story of Joseph.

verses
43
first named
Genesis 29:33
last named
Revelation 7:7
period
the Patriarchs
tribe
Simeon

Description

Who was Simeon?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Simeon was the second son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and Leah, born after Reuben (Gen.29.33). He was one of the twelve sons of Jacob who became the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. Simeon, along with his brother Levi, took violent revenge against the Shechemites for the rape of their sister Dinah (Gen.34.25-30). This action was condemned by their father, Jacob (Gen.49.5-7).

When Joseph's brothers went to Egypt during the famine, Joseph took Simeon as a hostage until they brought their youngest brother, Benjamin (Gen.42.24,36; 43.23). Simeon was later released and returned to Canaan with his brothers (Gen.46.10).

The tribe of Simeon, descended from Simeon, was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. During the wilderness wanderings, the tribe of Simeon was led by Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai (Num.1.6; 2.12; 7.36; 10.19). The tribe's territory was located within the boundaries of Judah in the Negev (Jos.19.1,9; Jdg.1.3,17).

In later history, some from the tribe of Simeon migrated to Edom during the reign of Hezekiah (1Ch.4.42-43). The tribe is mentioned in the visions of Ezekiel (Ezk.48.24,25,33) and in the list of the sealed from the twelve tribes in Revelation (Rev.7.7).

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Simeon 10 of 29 entities the graph connects to Simeon, in 2 groups: kinship 7, events 3. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.IsraelChild of · 5 events · 2,578 versesJudahSibling of · 10 events · 1,023 versesLeviSibling of · 9 events · 329 versesJosephSibling of · 4 events · 197 versesBenjaminSibling of · 4 events · 166 versesReubenSibling of · 86 versesGadSibling of · 71 versesKinshipCanaan2 events · 146 versesManasseh3 events · 112 versesHebron2 events · 57 versesEventsSimeon

The 10 best-attested of 29 are drawn. All 29 are listed below.

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and 38 more, ordered by how many events they share.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Simeon happens All 2 places the claims about Simeon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Bezek, Zephath. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Simeon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.BezekZephath
the PatriarchsAll 2 places the claims about Simeon reach

The pattern

Where Simeon is named

Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

Where the name is written across the corpus. 43 verses across 10 of 66 books; 56 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSNUMBERS–JUDGES19 VERSES1–2 CHRONICLES8 VERSESEZEKIEL3 VERSES11 books and 399 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 43 verses across 10 of 66 books; 56 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSNUMBERS–JUDGES19 VERSES1–2 CHRONICLES8 VERSESEZEKIEL3 VERSES11 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT

43 verses across 10 of 66 books; 56 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (10), Exodus (2), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (5), Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezekiel (3) and Revelation (1).

Simeon is named in 43 verses, and the name is written 48 times in them — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 56 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 43, across 10 books. The name is written 48 times in them.

  1. Genesis10 verses

    29:3334:2534:3035:2342:2442:3643:2346:1048:549:5

  2. Exodus2 verses

    1:26:15

  3. Numbers11 verses

    1:61:221:232:127:3610:1913:525:1426:1226:1434:20

  4. Deuteronomy1 verse

    27:12

  5. Joshua5 verses

    19:119:819:921:421:9

  6. Judges2 verses

    1:31:17

  7. 1 Chronicles6 verses

    2:14:244:426:6512:2527:16

  8. 2 Chronicles2 verses

    15:934:6

  9. Ezekiel3 verses

    48:2448:2548:33

  10. Revelation1 verse

    7:7

Onward

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