◄ Genesis 37:16 ►
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Good News Translation
"I am looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock," he answered. "Can you tell me where they are?"

New Revised Standard Version
“I am seeking my brothers,” he said; “tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”

Contemporary English Version
Joseph answered, "I'm looking for my brothers who are watching the sheep. Can you tell me where they are?"

New American Bible
“I am looking for my brothers,” he answered. “Please tell me where they are tending the flocks.”

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.

seek.

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

tell me.

Songs 1:7 If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.

Context
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
…15And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought. 16But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.17And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:15
And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

Genesis 37:17
And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

Genesis 37:15
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