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Genesis 37:13

Genesis 37:13 is verse 13 of Genesis chapter 37, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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King James Version

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

World English Bible

Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

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Genesis 37:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

12 Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

13 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.

14 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,

15 a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 17:17

One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

1 Samuel 17:18

Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.

1 Samuel 17:19

They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 17:20

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Luke 20:13

‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

Genesis 22:1

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

Genesis 27:18

So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”

1 Samuel 3:4

Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 3:5

He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:6

Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 3:8

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:16

but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Ephesians 6:3

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

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