Genesis 37:13
Good News Translation
Jacob said to Joseph, "I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock." Joseph answered, "I am ready."

New Revised Standard Version
And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.”

Contemporary English Version
his father Jacob said to him, "I want you to go to your brothers. They are with the sheep near Shechem." "Yes, sir," Joseph answered.

New American Bible
Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not tending our flocks at Shechem? Come and I will send you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph answered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

come.

1 Samuel 17:17-20 And Isai said to David, his son: Take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren, . . .

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Luke 20:13 Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.

Here am I.

Genesis 22:1 After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

Genesis 27:1,18 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am. . . .

1 Samuel 3:4-6,8,16 And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I. . . .

Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just. . . .

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:14I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:…
Cross References
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 37:12
And when his brethren abode in Sechem, feeding their father's flocks,

1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed.

Genesis 37:12
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