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11 Joseph’s brothers envied him and were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying and pondered over it.

12 Joseph’s brothers went to shepherd and feed their father’s flock near Shechem.

13 [One day] Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers shepherd my flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said, Here I am.

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11 His brothers were jealous of him,(A) but his father kept the matter in mind.(B)

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,(C) 13 and Israel(D) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.(E) Come, I am going to send you to them.”

“Very well,” he replied.

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