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Genesis 37:14 KJV
Genesis · chapter 37 · verse 14
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.Genesis 37:14 · King James Version
Genesis 37:14 in context
12And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13And 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.
14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- flockstsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- bringshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- wellshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
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Here is, I. The kind visit which Joseph, in obedience to his father's command, made to his brethren, who were feeding the flock at Shechem, many miles off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-22