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Genesis 37:12
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10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and ayour brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?”  
11 And ahis brothers envied him, but his father bkept the matter in mind.  

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

12 Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in aShechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”  
14 Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of aHebron, and he went to Shechem.  
15 Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”
Verse Comparison: Genesis 37:12

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

Amplified® Bible
Joseph's brothers went to shepherd {and} feed their father's flock near Shechem.

Contemporary English Version
One day when Joseph's brothers had taken the sheep to a pasture near Shechem,

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

Good News Bible
One day when Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care of their father's flock,

King James 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.

New International Version
Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem,

New King James Version
Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem.

Revised Standard Version
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.

Young's Literal Translation
And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

New English Translation
When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,


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