Genesis 37:12
When his brothers went to pasture his father’s flocks in Shechem,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11Therefore his brothers envied him; but his father kept the matter in mind.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18Now Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-Aram, and encamped before the city.
Genesis 37:1Jacob made his home in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a resident foreigner.
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 →