Genesis 37:16

“I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”

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In The King James Version

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

In Context

15and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”

17“They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.

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Cross References

Luke 19:10For the Son of man came to search for and save those who are lost.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:13-23

12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And 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. 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. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying,… Read the whole commentary →

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