⁵ When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled,^(A) his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.

²² And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;^(A) he hated^(B) Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

²⁵ “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

¹⁵ but David went back and forth from Saul to tend^(A) his father’s sheep^(B) at Bethlehem.

¹¹ So he asked Jesse, “Are these all^(A) the sons you have?”

“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.”^(B)

Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”

²⁷ But some scoundrels^(A) said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts.^(B) But Saul kept silent.

³ Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

Aaron remained silent.

¹³ and Israel^(A) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.^(B) Come, I am going to send you to them.”

“Very well,” he replied.

¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers^(C) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.^(D)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem,

³⁵ That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs,^(A) and he placed them in the care of his sons.^(B)