OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 12

Genesis 37:12

World English Bible Updated

His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Read in Genesis 37
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Genesis 37:12 in context

Genesis 37:9–15

9

He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

10

He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”

11

His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

12
Selected verse

His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

13

Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

14

He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Read all of Genesis 37

Continue with Genesis 37

Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.

Open Genesis 37
Full chapter · AI-generated narration