Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And his brethren will go to feed their father's sheep 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.
American Standard Version
And his brethren 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.
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,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery By His Brothers
11 And his brethren will envy him; and his father observed the word. 12 And his brethren will go to feed their father's sheep in Shechem. 13 And Israel will say to Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee to them. And he will say, Behold me.
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Cross References
Genesis 33:18
And Jacob will go to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, in his going from Padan Aram; and he will encamp before the city.
Genesis 34:25-31
And it will be in the third day, in their having pain, and the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, will take a man his sword, and will go against the city securely, and will kill every male.
Genesis 37:1
And Jacob will dwell in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.