Genesis 37:16
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New International Version (©2011)
He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
"I'm looking for my brothers," Joseph replied. "Do you know where they are pasturing their sheep?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
“I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I'm looking for my brothers," Joseph said. "Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?""

International Standard Version (©2012)
"I'm searching for my brothers," he responded. "Tell me, where are they tending the flock?"

NET Bible (©2006)
He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Joseph replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they're taking care of their flocks."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

American King James Version
And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

American Standard Version
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock .

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

English Revised Version
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

World English Bible
He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith, 'My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

37:12-22 How readily does Joseph wait his father's orders! Those children who are best beloved by their parents, should be the most ready to obey them. See how deliberate Joseph's brethren were against him. They thought to slay him from malice aforethought, and in cold blood. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, 1Jo 3:15. The sons of Jacob hated their brother because their father loved him. New occasions, as his dreams and the like, drew them on further; but this laid rankling in their hearts, till they resolved on his death. God has all hearts in his hands. Reuben had most reason to be jealous of Joseph, for he was the first-born; yet he proves his best friend. God overruled all to serve his own purpose, of making Joseph an instrument to save much people alive. Joseph was a type of Christ; for though he was the beloved Son of his Father, and hated by a wicked world, yet the Father sent him out of his bosom to visit us in great humility and love. He came from heaven to earth to seek and save us; yet then malicious plots were laid against him. His own not only received him not, but crucified him. This he submitted to, as a part of his design to redeem and save us.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, I seek my brethren,.... Whom, no doubt, he described to the man, and told him who they were, and to whom they belonged; or otherwise the man would have been at a loss to know who he meant, and what further to say to him, and without which Joseph would never have made the following request to him:

tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks; in what part of the country they are, what field they are in, how far to it, and which the way.

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Joseph Sold by his Brothers
…15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you? 16And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks. 17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. …

Genesis 37:15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?"
Genesis 37:17 "They have moved on from here," the man answered. "I heard them say, 'Let's go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.