Genesis 37:12 — Community Reflections

GENESIS 37:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

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

Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem. The movement of the brothers to Shechem — the site of the Dinah episode in Genesis 34 — is the setup for the chain of events that will follow. The application: the geography of the Joseph story is the geography of the family's previous conflicts. Shechem is not a neutral location.

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Carlos RiveraNote1mo ago

God's sovereignty revealed - Genesis 37

Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is fa...