Genesis 37:12

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
brethren	אֶחָ֑יו 'e.Chav	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
feed	לִרְע֛וֹת lir.'ot	H7462	to tend a flock · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
father’s	אֲבִיהֶ֖ם 'a.vi.Hem	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
flock	צֹ֥אן tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular construct
Shechem	בִּשְׁכֶֽם bish.Khem	H7927	Shekem · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

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 c…
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 h…
Genesis 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:12-22

Here is, I. The kind visit which Joseph, in obedience to his father's command, made to his brethren, who were feeding the flock at Shechem, many miles off. Some suggest that they went thither on purpose, expecting that Joseph would be sent to see them, and that then they should have an opportunity to do him a mischief. However, Joseph and his father had both of them more of the innocence of the dove than of the wisdom of the serpent, else he had never come thus into the hands of those that hated him: but God designed it all for good. See in Joseph an instance, 1. Of dutifulness to his father. Though he was his father's darling, yet he was made, and was willing to be, his father's servant. Ho…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:12

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. But the herbage there was so rich and nutritious that they thought it well worth the pains of so long a journey, to the neglect of the grazing district of Hebron [VAN DE VELDE].

Adam Clarke on Genesis 37:9

He dreamed yet another dream - This is as clear as the preceding. But how could Jacob say, Shall I and thy mother, etc., when Rachel his mother was dead some time before this? Perhaps Jacob might hint, by this explanation, the impossibility of such a dream being fulfilled, because one of the persons who should be a chief actor in it was already dead. But any one wife or concubine of Jacob was quite sufficient to fulfill this part of the dream. It is possible, some think, that Joseph may have had these dreams before his mother Rachel died; but were even this the case, she certainly did not live to fulfill the part which appears to refer to herself. The sun and the moon and the eleven stars -…

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Dictionary and topics

Shechem · .The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in — .The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 37:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:12-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:12

Adam Clarke on Genesis 37:9

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 37:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:12-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:12

Adam Clarke on Genesis 37:9

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 37:12

John Calvin on Genesis 37:12-17

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 37:12-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 37:12-13

Rashi on Genesis 37:12