Genesis 37:16

Joseph said, “I’m looking for my brothers. They came to this place with my father’s sheep. Please, can you tell me where they are?”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15When he got to Shekem, he walked around in the grass lands and looked for his brothers. A man saw him and said, “What are you looking for?”

17The man said, “Your brothers left this place. I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to the place called Dothan.’” So Joseph left Shekem, and he went to Dothan. He saw his brothers there, and he started to go towards them.

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Cross References

Luke 19:10I am God’s special man from heaven, and I came to earth to look for people that went wrong and got lost, so that I can 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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