Genesis 37:12
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And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
In other translations
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Genesis 34:25-3125 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. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,25 Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. 27 Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
- Genesis 37:1And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 33:18And 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.After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
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People and places
Places: Shechem