Genesis 37:12 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 37:12

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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ASV

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

WEB

Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

YLT

And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

DBT

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Genesis 37:1
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Genesis 34:25–31
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Genesis 46:34
That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
2 Chronicles 10:1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

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Joshua 17:7

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his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem--The vale of Shechem was, from the earliest mention of Canaan, blest with extraordinary abundance of water. Therefore did the sons of Jacob go from Hebron to this place, though it must have cost them near twenty hours' travelling--that is, at the shepherd rate, a little more than fifty miles.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Thou that art the youngest, over us that are elder? The reign of Jesus Christ, our Joseph, is despised and striven against by an unbelieving world, who cannot endure to think that this man should reign over them. The dominion also of the upright in the morning of the resurrection is thought of with the utmost disdain.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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