Simeon ben Jacob


 * GreatGrandson of Patriarch Abraham
 * One of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

Biography
Simeon - That hears. Jacob’s second son by his wife Leah. His birth (Gen. 29:33; 35:23; Ex. 1:2); joins in massacring the Shechemites (Gen. 34:25); bound in Egypt (42:24, 36; 43:23); Reuben and Simeon are mine (48:5); Jacob’s prophecy concerning (49:5–7); his descendants (Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15; Num. 26:12–14; 1 Chr. 4:24–43); tribe of Simeon, prince of Simeon (Num. 1:6; 7:36; 10:19; 34:20 [to divide the land]); number at Sinai (1:22–23); at Shittim (26:14); pitched on the south, with Reuben and Gad (2:12); Simeonite spy (Num. 13:5); shall stand on Gerizim to bless (Deut. 27:12); the lot of, within Judah (Josh. 19:1–9; 1 Chr. 4:24–33); Levitical cities of (Josh. 21:4; 1 Chr. 6:65); joins Judah against the Canaanites that are left (Judg. 1:3, 17); Simeonites who joined David (1 Chr. 12:25); still in the South in David’s time (1 Chr. 4:31); and some in Hezekiah’s time (1 Chr. 4:41–43); some had joined the northern kingdom in Asa’s day (2 Chr. 15:9); and in Josiah’s (2 Chr. 34:6); the portion of Simeon after the restoration (Ezek. 48:24, 33; Rev. 7:7).

According to the Book of Genesis, Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן‬, Modern Šim'ōn, Tiberian Šime‘ōn) was the second son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon.

According to the Book of Jubilees, Simeon was born on 21 Tevet,[15] and according to the book of Genesis he had six sons.[16] Although some classical rabbinical sources argue that the mother of his children, and his wife, was Bonah, one of the women from Shechem, other classical rabbinical sources argue that Simeon's wife (and the mother of his children) was Dinah, his sister, who had insisted on the marriage before she would be willing to leave Shechem's home (Shechem was her rapist/lover). Many of the rabbinical sources argue that Simeon died at the age of 120, roughly three years before the death of his brother Reuben,[3] although Numbers Rabbah states that Simeon became the senior of the brothers after Reuben had died.[17]

Genesis Narrative
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

Genesis 46:10 - KJV translation