--- title: "Genesis 37:17-36 KJV - \"And the man said, They are departed he...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"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 foun\" — Read Genesis 37:17-36 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/37/17-36" --- [ Read](/kjv/genesis/37)[ Commentary](/study/genesis/37)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/genesis/37) Audio ## Genesis 37:17-36 in Context (Verses 14–36 KJV) [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. [21 ](/kjv/genesis/37/21) And Reuben heard *it*, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. [22 ](/kjv/genesis/37/22) And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, *but* cast him into this pit that *is* in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. [23 ](/kjv/genesis/37/23) ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, *his* coat of *many* colours that *was* on him;* [24 ](/kjv/genesis/37/24) And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit *was* empty, *there was* no water in it. [25 ](/kjv/genesis/37/25) And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry *it* down to Egypt. [26 ](/kjv/genesis/37/26) And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit *is it* if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? [27 ](/kjv/genesis/37/27) Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he *is* our brother *and* our flesh. And his brethren were content.* [28 ](/kjv/genesis/37/28) Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty *pieces* of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. [29 ](/kjv/genesis/37/29) ¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph *was* not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. [30 ](/kjv/genesis/37/30) And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child *is* not; and I, whither shall I go? [31 ](/kjv/genesis/37/31) And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; [32 ](/kjv/genesis/37/32) And they sent the coat of *many* colours, and they brought *it* to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it *be* thy son’s coat or no. [33 ](/kjv/genesis/37/33) And he knew it, and said, *It is* my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. [34 ](/kjv/genesis/37/34) And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. [35 ](/kjv/genesis/37/35) And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. [36 ](/kjv/genesis/37/36) And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, *and* captain of the guard.** [Genesis 36](/kjv/genesis/36) [Genesis 38](/kjv/genesis/38) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/37/17-36#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/37/17-36#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/37/17-36","name":"Genesis 37:17-36 KJV - \"And the man said, They are departed he...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/37/17-36#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. 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