16But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks.


In Context

13 Israel said to him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:

14 I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:

15 And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

16 But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks.

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.

18 And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.

Genesis 37:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:16He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?"

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:16And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:16And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:16He said, |I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:16and he saith, 'My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:16And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.