Genesis 37:12
And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived near the town.
Genesis 37:1Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:6-12
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his… Read the whole commentary →