Genesis 37:13 meaning and explanation
Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
Genesis 37:13, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob, now called Israel, sends his seventeen year old son Joseph to check on his older brothers, who are pasturing the flocks near Shechem. The request sounds ordinary, but the chapter has already shown the family's fractures: Jacob favors Joseph, and the brothers hate him.
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