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Genesis 37:12
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Genesis 37:12
12¶ And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
12¶ And his brethren went to feed their fathers flocke in Shechem.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 37:12
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To give or take food; to nourish, tend, or graze; also food for animals.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study18¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study25¶ 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 brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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Open the full verse study1AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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