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Génesis 37:12

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José es vendido por sus hermanos

12 En cierta ocasión, los hermanos de José se fueron a Siquén para apacentar las ovejas de su padre.

Génesis 37:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:12

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in
Shechem.
] Very probably some considerable time after the telling of the above dreams; it was usual to remove flocks from place to place for the sake of pasturage; and sometimes at a great distance, as Shechem was from Hebron, where Jacob now dwelt, said F9 to be about sixty miles; but this is not so much to be marvelled at as the place itself, whither they went, for though Jacob had bought a parcel of a field in this place, ( Genesis 33:19 ) ; which might be a reason for their going thither to feed their father's flocks in his own field; yet it was the place where they had committed a most outrageous action in destroying all, the males there, and therefore might fear the inhabitants of the neighbouring cities would rise upon them and cut them off.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 Bunting's Travels, p. 79. Ainsworth in loc.
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Génesis 37:12 In-Context

10 Cuando se lo contó a su padre y a sus hermanos, su padre lo reprendió:—¿Qué quieres decirnos con este sueño que has tenido? —le preguntó—. ¿Acaso tu madre, tus hermanos y yo vendremos a hacerte reverencias?
11 Sus hermanos le tenían envidia, pero su padre meditaba en todo esto.
12 En cierta ocasión, los hermanos de José se fueron a Siquén para apacentar las ovejas de su padre.
13 Israel le dijo a José:—Tus hermanos están en Siquén apacentando las ovejas. Quiero que vayas a verlos.—Está bien —contestó José.
14 Israel continuó:—Vete a ver si tus hermanos y el rebaño están bien, y tráeme noticias frescas.Y lo envió desde el valle de Hebrón. Cuando José llegó a Siquén,
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