Genesis 37:12
And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Shechem.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.
Genesis 37:1And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
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 →