Genesis 37:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² And his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Sheḵem.

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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 33:18

And Ya‛aqoḇ came safely to the city of Sheḵem, which is in the land of Kena‛an, when he came from Paddan Aram. And he pitched his tent before the city.

Genesis 37:1

And Ya‛aqoḇ dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Kena‛an.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him, but his father guarded the word.

Genesis 37:13

And Yisra’ĕl said to Yosĕph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Sheḵem? Come, I send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”

Genesis 46:34

“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitsrites.

Jeremiah 41:5

that men came from Sheḵem, from Shiloh, and from Shomeron, eighty men with their beards shaved and their garments torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the House of יהוה.