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Simeon
"He has heard; listening"
Genesis 29:33
Who they were
In the Old Testament, Jacob's second son. In the New, the elderly man in the temple who held the infant Jesus and declared he could now die in peace.
Themes
listeningdevotionpatiencepeacerecognition
Read their story
Simeon's story begins in Genesis.
The full passage is at Genesis 29:33. Any modern translation will do — the NLT and NIV are the most readable; the ESV and NKJV stay close to the wording the church has used for centuries.
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