Study it in the app“He said to him, “Go, please, see the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.”
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Go,לֶךְplease,נָאseeרְאֵהthe welfareאֶת שְׁלוֹםof your brothersאַחֶיךָand the welfareוְאֶת שְׁלוֹםof the flock,הַצֹּאןand bring backוַהֲשִׁבֵwordדָּבָרto me.”נִיSo he sent himוַיִּשְׁלָחֵהוּfrom the valleyמֵעֵמֶקof Hebron,חֶבְרוֹןand he cameוַיָּבֹאto Shechem.שְׁכֶמָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appearswell-being
Health, safety, nothing lacking.
Where else “shelom” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashive” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlache” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearsHebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechema” appears1Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
2Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
13Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
14 · This verse (above)
15A man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?
