Simeon
second-born son of Jacob (GEN 29:33), son of Leah
PersonTribe of Simeonmale31 verses
Names
- Simeon — שִׁמְעֽוֹן shiməon “he has heard” (H8095) · Συμεων Symeōn (G4826) — Genesis 29:33
Family
- father of Jemuel (inferred)
- father of Jamin (son of Simeon) (inferred)
- father of Ohad (inferred)
- father of Jachin (son of Simeon) (inferred)
- father of Zohar (son of Simeon) (inferred)
- father of Shaul (son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman) (inferred)
- father of Salu (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Zurishaddai (inferred)
- ancestor of Hori (father of Shaphat)
- ancestor of Ammihud (father of Samuel, the leader of the tribe of…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Meshobab (inferred)
- ancestor of Jamlech (inferred)
- ancestor of Joel (???, Simeonite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Asiel (inferred)
- ancestor of Elioenai (???, Simeonite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jaakobah (inferred)
- ancestor of Jeshohaiah (inferred)
- ancestor of Asaiah (???, Simeonite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Adiel (???, Simeonite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jesimiel (inferred)
- ancestor of Benaiah (???, Simeonite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Maacah (father of Shephatiah) (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Levi (third-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- brother of Judah (fourth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- half-brother of Dan (inferred)
- half-brother of Naphtali (inferred)
- half-brother of Gad (seventh-born son of Jacob, son of Zilpah…) (inferred)
- half-brother of Asher (inferred)
- brother of Issachar (ninth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- brother of Zebulun (inferred)
- brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Associations
- killer of Hamor
- killer of Shechem (son of Hamor, the Hivite who raped Dinah)
Dated events
- Birth of Simeon* — 2,256 AH · 1,757 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 29:33
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Simeon* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Baalath-beer — 1 shared verse
- Egypt — 1 shared verse
- Mount Seir 1 — 1 shared verse
- Negeb — 1 shared verse
- Ramah 6 — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- Genesis 29:33
- Genesis 34:25
- Genesis 34:30
- Genesis 35:23
- Genesis 42:24
- Genesis 42:36
- Genesis 43:23
- Genesis 46:10
- Genesis 48:5
- Genesis 49:5
- Exodus 1:2
- Exodus 6:15
and 19 further references.