Genesis 37:12
Now his brethren went their way,—to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11Then were his brethren jealous of him, but his father, marked the word.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,—when he came in from Padan-aram,—and he encamped before the city.
Genesis 37:1So Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father,—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 →