Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible

Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.

International Standard Version

Some time later, his brothers left to tend their father's flock in Shechem.

A Conservative Version

And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Amplified

Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

Bible in Basic English

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And his brethren will go to feed their father's sheep in Shechem.

King James 2000

And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now his brothers went to pasture the flock of their father in Shechem.

Modern King James verseion

And his brothers went to feed his father's flock in Shechem.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His brethren went to keep their father's sheep in Shechem,

NET Bible

When his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem,

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Now his brethren went their way, - to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

to feed
רעה 
Ra`ah 
Usage: 171

צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

References

American

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery By His Brothers

11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.


Cross References

Genesis 33:18

And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped 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 unawares, and slew all the males.

Genesis 37:1

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

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