Genesis 37:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² One day, Joseph’s brothers went to Shechem to care for their father’s sheep.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 33:18

Jacob safely ended his trip from Paddan Aram when he came to the town of Shechem in Canaan. Jacob made his camp in a field near the city.

Genesis 37:1

Jacob stayed and lived in the land of Canaan. This is the same land where his father had lived.

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers continued to be jealous of him. But Joseph’s father thought much about all these things and wondered what they could mean.

Genesis 37:13

Jacob said to Joseph, “Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there with my sheep.”

Genesis 46:34

You tell him, ‘We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds. And our ancestors [249] were shepherds before us.’ Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptian people don’t like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen.”