Genesis 37:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

His brethren also went to kepe his fathers cattell in Sichem.

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  • Gen 33:18 : 18 And Iacob came to Sale, a citie of Sichem, whiche is in the lande of Chanaan, after that he was come from Mesopotamia, and pitched before the citie.
  • Gen 34:25-31 : 25 And the thirde day, whyles they were sore, two of the sonnes of Iacob, Simeon & Leui Dinas brethren, toke eyther of them his sworde, and went into the citie boldely, and slue all that was male, 26 And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way. 27 And the sonnes of Iacob commyng vpon the dead, spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister. 28 And toke their sheepe, oxen, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and also in the fieldes. 29 And all their goodes, and all their children, and their wiues, toke they captiue, and made hauocke of all that was in the house. 30 But Iacob sayde to Simeon & Leui: ye haue troubled me, and made me to be abhorred of the inhabitours of the land of the Chanaanite and the Pherezite: and I beyng fewe in number, they shall gather the selues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed. 31 And they aunswered: shoulde he deale with our sister, as with an harlot?
  • Gen 37:1 : 1 Iacob dwelt in the land wherin his father was long a straunger, euen in ye lande of Chanaan.

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  • Gen 37:13-18
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    13And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: do not thy brethren kepe in Sichem? come, and I wyll sende thee to them.

    14He aunswered: here am I. And he sayde vnto hym: Go I praye thee see whether it be well with thy brethren and the cattell, and bryng me worde agayne. And so he sent hym out of the vale of Hebron, & he came to Sichem.

    15And a certayne man founde hym, and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde, and the man asked hym: what sekest thou?

    16He aunswered: I seke my brethren, tell me I praye thee where they kepe cattell

    17And the man sayde, They are departed hence: for I haue hearde them say, let vs go vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren, and founde them in Dothan.

    18And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym.

  • Gen 37:10-11
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    10And when he had tolde it to his father and his brethren, his father rebuked hym, and sayde vnto him: What is this dreame that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren in deede come to bowe to thee?

    11And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    31And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, and vnto his fathers house: I wyll go vp, and shewe Pharao, and tell him: my brethren, and my fathers house, whiche were in the lande of Chanaan, are come vnto me.

    32And they are shepheardes, for theyr trade hath ben to feede cattell: and they haue brought theyr sheepe and theyr cattell, and all that they haue.

  • 17And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: say vnto thy brethren, this do ye: lade your beastes, and go and returne vnto the lande of Chanaan:

  • Gen 37:1-2
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    1Iacob dwelt in the land wherin his father was long a straunger, euen in ye lande of Chanaan.

    2These are ye generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde, he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the ladde was with ye sonnes of Bilha, and with the sonnes of Zilpha, his fathers wyues. And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report.

  • 3So went Iosephes ten brethren downe to bye corne in Egypt.

  • 1Ioseph came therfore & tolde Pharao, and said: My father & my brethre, theyr sheepe, and theyr cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of ye lande of Chanaan: and beholde, they are in the lande of Gosen.

  • 3And Pharao sayd vnto his brethren: what is your occupation? And they aunswered Pharao: thy seruauntes are kepers of cattell, both we, and also our fathers.

  • 27Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.

  • Gen 37:4-8
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    4And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren, they hated hym, and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym.

    5Moreouer, when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame, he tolde it his brethren, which hated hym yet the more.

    6And he said vnto them: Heare I pray you this dreame which I haue dreamed.

    7Beholde, we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde: and lo, my sheafe arose and stoode vpright, & beholde, your sheaues stoode rounde about, and made obeysaunce to my sheafe.

    8To whom his brethren sayde: Shalt thou be a kyng in deede on vs? or shalt thou in deede haue dominion ouer vs? And they hated hym yet the more, because of his dreames and of his wordes.

  • 12And Ioseph made prouision for his father and his brethren, and all his fathers housholde with bread: euen to the mouthes of the young chyldren.

  • 29And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the lande of Chanaan, & tolde him all that befell vnto them, saying:

  • 5And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father & thy brethre are come vnto thee.

  • Gen 42:7-8
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    7When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them, and made hym selfe straunge vnto them, & spake roughly vnto them, saying: Whence come ye? They aunswered, out of the lande of Chanaan to bye vitayle.

    8And Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knewe not him.

  • 13And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.

  • 2And it came to passe when they had eaten vp the corne which they had brought out of the lande of Egypt, theyr father sayde vnto them: go agayne and bye vs a litle foode.

  • 28And he sent Iuda before hym vnto Ioseph, to direct his face vnto Gosen, and they came into the lande of Gosen.

  • 23And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they strypt hym out of his coate, his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym.

  • 25They departed therfore from Egypt, and came into the lande of Chanaan, vnto Iacob theyr father.

  • 8And all the house of Ioseph and his brethren, and his fathers house: onlye their chyldren, and their sheepe, & their cattell, left they behynde in the lande of Gosen.

  • 32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is away, and the youngest is this day with our father in the lande of Chanaan.

  • 7And he sayde: loe it is yet a great whyle to nyght, neither is it tyme that the cattell should be gathered together: water ye the sheepe, and go and feede them.

  • 14And Ioseph returned into Egypt agayne, he and his brethren, and all that went vp with hym to bury his father, assoone as he had buryed hym.

  • 32And they sent that partie coloured coate, and caused it to be brought vnto their father, and sayde: This haue we founde, see whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.