Simeon (son of Jacob)

Simeon
שִׁמְעוֹן‎
Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
Pronunciation	Šim'ōn
Born	1568 BCE or 1567 BCE (21 or 28 Tevet, AM 2194) Harran, Paddan Aram
Died	Aged 120 or 127
Resting place	Maybe Shim'on Ben Ya'akov Tomb, Israel 32°12′08″N 34°57′35″E / 32.202224°N 34.959608°E / 32.202224; 34.959608
Children	Jemuel/Nemuel (son/fourth and fifth cousin) Jamin (son/fourth and fifth cousin) Ohad (son/fourth and fifth cousin) Jachin (son/fourth and fifth cousin) Zohar (son/fourth and fifth cousin) Shaul (son of the Canaanite woman)
Parents	Jacob (father) Leah (mother)
Relatives	Reuben (brother) Levi (brother) Judah (brother) Dan (half brother) Naphtali (half brother) Gad (half brother) Asher (half brother) Issachar (brother) Zebulun (brother) Dinah (sister) Joseph (half brother) Benjamin (half brother) Rachel (aunt/stepmother) Esau (uncle) Aholibamah/Judith (aunt) Basemath/Adah (aunt) Mahalath/Bashemath (aunt) Laban (grandfather) Isaac (grandfather) Rebecca (grandmother) Abraham (great-grandfather) Sarah (great-grandmother)

Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן, Modern: Šīmʾōn, Tiberian: Šīmʾōn)^[1][2] was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been part of the original Israelite confederation. Simeon is absent in some sections of the Bible that list the other tribes, and some scholars think that it was not originally regarded as a distinct tribe.^[3] Some Biblical scholars believe that Simeon was not regarded as a distinct tribe due to the scandal involving Zimri. The Blessing of Moses before his death had omitted the Tribe of Simeon because Jacob had castigated him Genesis 49:5-7, and because of the affair of Baal-peor.