Verse 12
His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem
Referenced Verses
- Gen 33:18 : 18 And Iacob went to Salem to ye cytie of Sichem in the lande of Canaa after that he was come from Mesopotamia and pitched before the cyt
- Gen 34:25-31 : 25 And the third daye when it was paynefull to them ij. of the sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui Dinas brethren toke ether of them his swerde and went in to the cyte boldly and slewe all yt was mal 26 and slewe also Hemor and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde ad toke Dina their sister out of Sichems house and went their waye. 27 Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister: 28 and toke their shepe oxen asses and what so euer was in the cyte and also in ye feldes. 29 And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made havock of all that was in the houses. 30 And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui: ye haue troubled me ad made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canaanytes and also vnto the Pherezites. And I am fewe in nombre. Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me and sley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed. 31 And they answered: shuld they deall with oure sister as wyth an whoore?
- Gen 37:1 : 1 And Iacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger yt is to saye in the lande of Canaan.