World English Bible
Genesis 37:16
“He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
Verse in context — Genesis 37
He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?
He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.
The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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