Verse 12

And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hans brødre gikk for å vokte sin fars sauer i nærheten av Sikem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og hans brødre dro for å gjete sin fars saueflokk i Sikem.

• Norsk King James

  Og brødrene hans dro for å beite farens flokk i Sikem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Brødrene hans dro for å gjete sauene til faren deres i Sikem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Brødrene gikk for å gjete sin fars småfe ved Sikem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Brødrene hans dro for å gjete sin fars småfe i Sikem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så dro brødrene for å passe sin fars flokk i Sikhem.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Brødrene hans dro for å gjete sin fars småfe i Sikem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  En dag dro brødrene av sted for å gjete deres fars flokk i Sikem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hans brødre dro for å gjete sin fars småfe i Sikem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og hans Brødre gik at vogte deres Faders Qvæg i Sichem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hans brødre dro for å gjete sin fars småfe i Sikem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hans brødre gikk for å gjete sin fars sauer i Sikem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Brødrene hans gikk for å gjete sin fars småfe i Sikem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans brødre dro for å gjete sin fars småfe i Sikem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå dro brødrene hans for å vokte farens saueflokk i Sikem.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now wha his brethren were gone forth to kepe their fathers catell in Siche,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 33:18 : 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched his tent before the city.
• Gen 34:25-31 : 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, and what was in the city and what was in the field. 29 And all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and they plundered even all that was in the houses. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me by making me despised among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I, being few in number, they will gather together against me and slay me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my household. 31 And they said, Should he treat our sister as a harlot?
• Gen 37:1 : 1 And Jacob lived in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.