Genesis Chapter 37 verse 12 Holy Bible
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
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Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
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And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
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And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
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And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
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His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
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And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem - i.e. the modern Nablous, in the plain of Muknah, which belonged to Jacob partly by purchase and partly by conquest (vide Genesis 33:19; 34:27). Shechem was at a considerable distance from the vale of Hebron, where the patriarchal family at this time resided.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Shechem.--Jacob's sons seem to have retained Shechem, by right of their high-handed proceedings. related in Genesis 34:27-29. By seizing the "tafs" of the Shechemites, Simeon and Levi must have added. large numbers of grown men to the roll of their retainers; and after accustoming them to their service. they would have become powerful enough to resist any attacks of the natives. (See Genesis 34:29, and Note on Genesis 17:13). But it gives us a great idea of Jacob's wealth and power, that while dwelling a little to the north of Hebron, he should send part of his. cattle so far away as to Shechem, a distance of sixty miles.
