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## Genesis 37:16-17 in Context (Verses 13–20 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/genesis/37/13) And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed *the flock* in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here *am I*.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/genesis/37/14) And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/genesis/37/15) ¶ And a certain man found him, and, behold, *he was* wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
 
 [16 ](/kjv/genesis/37/16) And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed *their flocks*.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/genesis/37/17) And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/genesis/37/18) And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/genesis/37/19) And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.*
 
 [20 ](/kjv/genesis/37/20) Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
 
[Genesis 36](/kjv/genesis/36) [Genesis 38](/kjv/genesis/38)

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