Genesis 37:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ “I’m searching for my brothers,” he responded. “Tell me, where are they tending the flock?”^[a]

¹⁷ “They’ve already left,” the man answered. “I heard them saying that they were headed to Dothan.” So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.

Joseph’s Brothers Plot to Kill Him

¹⁸ Now as soon as they saw him approaching from a distance, before he arrived they plotted together to kill him.