Genesis 37:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near 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,

Genesis 37:12 Cross References

Genesis 37:1

Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan.

Genesis 33:18

Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.”

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria with their beards shaved and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.

Genesis 46:34

you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our ancestors,’ in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen, because all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians.”