Genesis 37:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ The man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But the man said, [They were here, but] they have gone. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The man said, “They left here. I heard them saying, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And the man said to him: "They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, 'Let us go to Dothan.' " Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the man said to him: They are departed from this place; for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

Genesis 37:17 Cross References

Genesis 37:16

“I am seeking my brothers,” he said; “tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”

2 Kings 6:13

He said, “Go and find where he is; I will send and seize him.” He was told, “He is in Dothan.”