Verse 15
Genesis 37:15
Young's Literal Translation
15
And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֣/הוּ אִ֔ישׁ וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה תֹעֶ֖ה בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה וַ/יִּשְׁאָלֵ֧/הוּ הָ/אִ֛ישׁ לֵ/אמֹ֖ר מַה תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ
English Translation
And he found a man, and behold, he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, saying, "What are you seeking?"
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Chapter 37 Context
1
And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.
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These [are] births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his b...
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And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and hath m...
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and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate h...
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And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.
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And he saith unto them, 'Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
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that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath...
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And his brethren say to him, 'Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?'...
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And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, 'Lo, I have dreamed...
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And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and sa...
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and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.
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12
And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
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and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto t...
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and he saith to him, 'Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, an...
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And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What s...
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and he saith, 'My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'
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And the man saith, 'They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan...
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And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to...
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And they say one unto another, 'Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;
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and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath...
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And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, 'Let us not smite the life;'
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and Reuben saith unto them, 'Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and...
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And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat,...
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and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
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And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaeli...
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And Judah saith unto his brethren, 'What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood...
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Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother -- o...
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And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Jos...
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And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,
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and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, 'The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'
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And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,
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and send the long coat, and they bring [it] in unto their father, and say, 'This have we found; disc...
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And he discerneth it, and saith, 'My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Jo...
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And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his so...
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and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and...
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And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executione...
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