Genesis 37:12
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And when his brethren abode in Sechem, feeding their father's flocks,

Genesis 37:11
His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.

Genesis 37:13
Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:

Jeremiah 41:5
There came some from Sichem, and from Silo, and from Samaria, fourscore men, with their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and mourning: and they had offerings and incense in their hand, to offer in the house of the Lord.

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And when his brethren abode in Sechem, feeding their father's flocks,

in Shechem.

Genesis 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, wherein his father sojourned.

Genesis 33:18 And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.

Genesis 34:25-31 And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men. . . .

Context
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
12And when his brethren abode in Sechem, feeding their father's flocks,13Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:…
Lexicon
Some time later, [Joseph’s] brothers
אֶחָ֑יו (’e·ḥāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

had gone
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to pasture
לִרְע֛וֹת (lir·‘ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

their father’s
אֲבִיהֶ֖ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

flocks
צֹ֥אן‪‬ (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

near Shechem.
בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (biš·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor


Additional Translations
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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