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Genesis 37:16

14 Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

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

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

17 “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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
KJV
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
WEB
He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
ASV
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding [the flock].
DARBY
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
BLB
And he said, “I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are shepherding.”
ÅB
Han svarte: Jeg leter etter mine brødre; kjære, si meg hvor de gjæter!
OTB
Han svarte: "Jeg leter etter mine brødre; kan du fortelle meg hvor de gjeter småfeet?"
B1930
Han svarte: Jeg leter efter mine brødre; kjære, si mig hvor de gjæter!

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