Genesis 37:14
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.
KJV
Præsto sum, ait ei : Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora : et renuntia mihi quid agatur. Missus de valle Hebron, venit in Sichem :
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσραήλ Πορευθεὶς ἴδε εἰ ὑγιαίνουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου καὶ τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς κοιλάδος τῆς Χεβρών· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Συχέμ.
LXX
And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ לֶךְ נָ֨א רְאֵ֜ה אֶת שְׁל֤וֹם אַחֶ֨י/ךָ֙ וְ/אֶת שְׁל֣וֹם הַ/צֹּ֔אן וַ/הֲשִׁבֵ֖/נִי דָּבָ֑ר וַ/יִּשְׁלָחֵ֨/הוּ֙ מֵ/עֵ֣מֶק חֶבְר֔וֹן וַ/יָּבֹ֖א שְׁכֶֽמָ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But perhaps some one may say, The brethren indeed, as is natural, you spare, and dost not suffer us to taste for their sakes, lest their conscience being weak might be emboldened to eat the idol sacrifices. But if it be some heathen, what is this man to you? Was it not your own word, 'What have I to do with judging them that are without?' 1 Corinthians 5:12 Wherefore then do…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 17:18 — And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
- 2Sam 11:7 — And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- Esth 2:11 — And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
- Gen 13:18 — Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
- Gen 29:6 — And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
- Gen 35:27 — And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
- Gen 43:27 — And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
- Luke 19:42 — Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
- Ps 125:5 — As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.