Genesis 37:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Joseph's brothers went to shepherd and feed their father's flock near Shechem.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Common English Bible

¹² Joseph’s brothers went to tend their father’s flocks near Shechem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father's flocks,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's flocks,

Genesis 37:12 Cross References

Genesis 33:18

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Pa´dan–a´ram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Genesis 37:1

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:11

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 46:34

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Jeremiah 41:5

that there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.