Genesis 37:12
One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18Later Jacob continued his journey from Paddan-aram. He arrived safely at Shechem in the country of Canaan where he camped outside the town.
Genesis 37:1Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
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 →