Genesis 37:17

15 a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

16 “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

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ÅB
Mannen sa: De har draget herfra; jeg hørte dem si: La oss gå til Dotan! Så gikk Josef etter sine brødre og fant dem i Dotan.
OTB
Mannen sa: "De har dratt videre herfra; jeg hørte dem si: 'La oss dra til Dotan.'" Så Josef dro etter sine brødre og fant dem i Dotan.
B1930
Mannen sa: De har draget herfra; jeg hørte dem si: La oss gå til Dotan! Så gikk Josef efter sine brødre og fant dem i Dotan.
BSB
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
KJV
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
WEB
The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
ASV
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
DARBY
And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.
BLB
And the man said, “They have journeyed from this [place]. For I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” And Joseph went after his brothers and he found them in Dothan.

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    So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

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