Genesis 37:12
And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's docks,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town:
Genesis 37:1And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein 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 →