Joseph Sold into Egypt
Genesis 37:16
In 11 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- And he says, “I am seeking my brothers, please declare to me where they are feeding.”
- YLT
- and he saith, 'My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'
- DBY
- And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
- DRC
- But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the flocks.
- GNV
- And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe.
- JPS
- And he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.'
- LXXE
- And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed their flocks.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֶת־אַחַ֖י אָנֹכִ֣י מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵיפֹ֖ה הֵ֥ם רֹעִֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου ζητῶ· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι ποῦ βόσκουσιν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Song of Songs 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
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