Genesis 37:14 meaning and explanation

Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

Genesis 37:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob, here called Israel, sends his seventeen year old son Joseph to check on his older brothers, who are pasturing the flocks near Shechem. The request is ordinary and trusting: a father wants news of his sons and his animals.

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