Genesis 37:16

He said, “I am looking for my brothers; tell me, please, where they are pasturing 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

15There a man found him, as he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”

17The man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

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Cross References

Luke 19:10The Son of Man has come to search for those who are lost and to save them.”

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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