Genesis 37:12
When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
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- Gen 33:18 : 18 After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.
- Gen 34:25-31 : 25 In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left. 27 Jacob’s sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated. 28 They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields. 29 They captured as plunder all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land– among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!” 31 But Simeon and Levi replied,“Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”
- Gen 37:1 : 1 Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
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- Gen 37:13-186 verses87%
13Israel said to Joseph,“Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.”“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.
14So Jacob said to him,“Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron.
15When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him,“What are you looking for?”
16He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”
17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
- Gen 37:10-112 verses80%
10When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”
11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
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31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.
32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
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17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
- Gen 37:1-22 verses77%
1Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
2This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
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3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”
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3Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”
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27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.
- Gen 37:4-85 verses75%
4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:
7There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”
8Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.
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12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.
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29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
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5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
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2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
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28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.
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23When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.
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25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
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8all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.
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32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
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7Then Jacob said,“Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”
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14After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.
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32Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”