Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”
“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.
New American Standard Bible
Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in
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.
International Standard Version
And Israel instructed Joseph, "Your brothers are tending the flock in Shechem. Come here, because I'm going to send you to them." "Here I am!" he responded.
A Conservative Version
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not thy brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
American Standard Version
And Israel said unto Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Amplified
Israel (Jacob) said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing [the flock] at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said, “Here I am [ready to obey you].”
Bible in Basic English
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Darby Translation
And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Julia Smith Translation
And Israel will say to Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee to them. And he will say, Behold me.
King James 2000
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing in Shechem? Come, let me send you to them." And he said, "Here I [am]."
Modern King James verseion
And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and Israel said unto Joseph, "Do not thy brethren keep in Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them." And he answered, "Here am I."
NET Bible
Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." "I'm ready," Joseph replied.
New Heart 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."
The Emphasized Bible
So Israel said unto Joseph Are not, thy brethren, feeding the flock in Shechem? Come on! and let me send thee unto them. And he said to him Behold me!
Webster
And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee to 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."
Youngs Literal Translation
and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;' and he saith to him, 'Here am I;'
Themes
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Interlinear
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Ra`ah
Yalak
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery By His Brothers
12
His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.
13 Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”
“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.
14
Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron,
Cross References
Genesis 22:1
After these things God tested Abraham
“Here I am,” he answered.
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see,
And he answered, “Here I am.”
Genesis 27:18
When he came to his father, he said, “My father.”
And he answered, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
1 Samuel 3:4-6
Then the Lord called Samuel,
1 Samuel 3:8
Once again, for the third time, the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy.
1 Samuel 3:16
but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”
“Here I am,” answered Samuel.
1 Samuel 17:17-20
One day Jesse had told his son David: “Take this half-bushel
Matthew 10:16
Luke 20:13
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey