Genesis 37:12
And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
In Context
11and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,
Genesis 37:1And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings — 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 →