Genesis 37:12
Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem.
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- Gen 33:18 : 18 Afterward, Iaakob came safe to Sheche a citie, which is in the lande of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched before the citie.
- Gen 34:25-31 : 25 And on the thirde day (when they were sore) two of the sonnes of Iaakob, Simeon and Leui, Dinahs brethren tooke either of them his sworde and went into the citie boldly, and slue euery male. 26 They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne with the edge of the sword, & tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way. 27 Againe the other sonnes of Iaakob came vpon the dead, and spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They tooke their sheepe & their beeues, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and in the fieldes. 29 Also they caryed away captiue & spoyled all their goods, and all their children and their wiues, and all that was in the houses. 30 Then Iaakob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me, and made me stinke among the inhabitats of the land, aswell the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and and I being few in nomber, they shall gather theselues together against me, & slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroied. 31 And they answered, Shoulde hee abuse our sister as a whore?
- Gen 37:1 : 1 Iaakob nowe dwelt in the lande, wherein his father was a stranger, in the lande of Canaan.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 37:13-186 verses87%
13And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? Come and I will send thee to them.
14And he answered him, I am here. Then he saide vnto him, Goe now, see whether it bee well with thy brethren, and how the flocks prosper, and bring me word againe. So hee sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe.
17And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let vs goe vnto Dothan. Then went Ioseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18And when they sawe him a farre off, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to slay him.
- Gen 37:10-112 verses80%
10Then he tolde it vnto his father and to his brethren, and his father rebuked him, and saide vnto him, What is this dreame, which thou hast dreamed? Shal I, and thy mother, & thy brethren come in deede & fall on the ground before thee?
11And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying.
- Gen 46:31-322 verses80%
31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,
32And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.
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17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,
- Gen 37:1-22 verses77%
1Iaakob nowe dwelt in the lande, wherein his father was a stranger, in the lande of Canaan.
2These are the generations of Iaakob, when Ioseph was seuenteene yeere olde: he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the childe was with the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues; Ioseph brought vnto their father their euill saying.
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3So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.
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1Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
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3Then Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both we and our fathers.
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27Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.
- Gen 37:4-85 verses75%
4So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.
5And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more.
6For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.
7Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe.
8Then his brethren saide to him, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue altogether dominion ouer vs? And they hated him so much the more, for his dreames, and for his wordes.
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12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.
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29And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,
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5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.
- Gen 42:7-82 verses74%
7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.
8(Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him.
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13And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.
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2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.
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28The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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23Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured coate that was vpon him.
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25Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,
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8Likewise all the house of Ioseph, and his brethren, and his fathers house: onely their children, and their sheepe, and their cattell left they in the land of Goshen.
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32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
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7Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them.
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14Then Ioseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and al that went vp with him to bury his father, after that he had buried his father.
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32So they sent that particoloured coat, and they brought it vnto their father, and saide, This haue we founde: see nowe, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.