NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And his brethren'ach (awkh) a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. went yalak (yaw-lak') to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses) to feed ra`ah (raw-aw') to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend) their father's 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. flock tso'n (tsone) from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) in Shechem Shkem (shek-em') ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine -- Shechem. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem. King James Bible And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. Holman Christian Standard Bible His brothers had gone to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem. International Standard Version Some time later, his brothers left to tend their father's flock in Shechem. NET Bible When his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem, GOD'S WORD® Translation His brothers had gone to take care of their father's flocks at Shechem. King James 2000 Bible And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. Links Genesis 37:12Genesis 37:12 NIV Genesis 37:12 NLT Genesis 37:12 ESV Genesis 37:12 NASB Genesis 37:12 KJV |
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