Genesis 37:12
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Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers
12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.
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Genesis 37:1
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Joseph Dreams of Greatness
37 Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan.(A)
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Genesis 34:25-31
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Dinah’s Brothers Avenge Their Sister
25 On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city unawares and killed all the males.(A) 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went away. 27 And the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. 29 All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”(B) 31 But they said, “Should our sister be treated like a prostitute?”
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Genesis 33:18
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Jacob Reaches Shechem
18 Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.(A)
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