Genesis 37:13

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Israel said to Joseph, "Aren’t your brothers shepherding the flock at Shechem? Go, and I will send you to them." Joseph replied, "Here I am."

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  • Gen 22:1 : 1 After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'
  • Gen 27:1 : 1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, 'My son,' and Esau replied, 'Here I am.'
  • Gen 27:18 : 18 Jacob went to his father and said, 'My father.' And Isaac said, 'Here I am. Who are you, my son?'
  • 1 Sam 3:4-6 : 4 Then the Lord called to Samuel, and he answered, "Here I am!" 5 Samuel ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So Samuel went and lay down again. 6 The Lord called Samuel again. Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call, my son. Go back and lie down."
  • 1 Sam 3:8 : 8 The Lord called Samuel a third time, and he got up and went to Eli, saying, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.
  • 1 Sam 3:16 : 16 But Eli called to Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."
  • 1 Sam 17:17-20 : 17 Jesse said to his son David, 'Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.' 18 Also take these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the well-being of your brothers and bring back some assurance from them. 19 Saul, your brothers, and the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines. 20 Early in the morning, David left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
  • Luke 20:13 : 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.'
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

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  • Gen 37:12
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    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • Gen 37:14-17
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    14So Israel said to him, "Go now and see if everything is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me back a report." Then he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.

    15A man found him wandering in the field and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

    16He replied, "I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."

    17The man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Gen 47:5-6
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    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

  • Gen 47:1
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    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 46:28
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    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?' But his brothers could not answer him because they were so shocked and dismayed by his presence.

    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 43:6-8
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    6Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man that you had another brother?”

    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

    8Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

  • Gen 48:8
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    8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, 'Who are these?'

  • Gen 45:9-10
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    9Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 42:13-14
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    13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • Gen 47:3
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    3Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'

  • Gen 42:7
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    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'

  • Gen 48:21
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    21Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.'

  • Gen 37:30
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    30He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone! What am I going to do?"

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
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    13So the king said, "Go and see where he is, so I can send men to capture him." When he was told, "He is in Dothan,"

  • Gen 43:27
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    27He greeted them and asked, "How is your father, the old man you told me about? Is he still alive?"

  • Gen 37:6
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    6Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 37:2
    71%

    2This is the account of Jacob: Joseph, a seventeen-year-old youth, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.

  • Gen 29:7
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    7He said, 'Look, the day is still high; it is not time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them out to pasture.'