Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“לרעות את צאן TO FEED THE FLOCK — The word את has dots above it, to denote that they went only to feed themselves (Genesis Rabbah 84:13).”
The interpretation timeline
Gen 37:12
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Gen 37:12 · Douay-Rheims
“And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks,”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.