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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.

KJV

Dixitque ei vir : Recesserunt de loco isto : audivi autem eos dicentes : Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Joseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος Ἀπήρκασιν ἐντεῦθεν· ἤκουσα γὰρ αὐτῶν λεγόντων Πορευθῶμεν εἰς Δωθάειμ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωσὴφ κατόπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς εἰς Δωθάειμ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר הָ/אִישׁ֙ נָסְע֣וּ מִ/זֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָ/ה וַ/יֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֖/ם בְּ/דֹתָֽן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JosephJosephJosephJoseph
Places Dothan

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דֹתָֽן
dtn
proper_noun · 3×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ו
v
noun · 717×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 6:13 — And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
  • 2Kgs 6:13 — And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
  • Matt 10:36 — And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.