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Genesis 37:12

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

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וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvayelekhvand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…אֶחָ֑יוechayvbrother ; kindredאָחnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.לִרְע֛וֹתlirotto companionרָעָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to companion”, the to-form of the verbH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.אֶׄתׄetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).צֹ֥אןtsonflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).אֲבִיהֶ֖םavihemfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.בִּשְׁכֶֽםbishkhemin Shechemשְׁכֶםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Shechem”H7927Shekem, a place in PalestineShechem.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπορεύθησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ βόσκειν τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς Συχέμ.