Genesis - 37:16

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16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 37:16.

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And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock .
But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks.
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.
and he saith, 'My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
So he responded: "I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks."
Et dixit, Fratres meos ego quaero, nuntia, obsecro, mihi, ubi ipsi pascant.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he said, I seek my brethren,.... Whom, no doubt, he described to the man, and told him who they were, and to whom they belonged; or otherwise the man would have been at a loss to know who he meant, and what further to say to him, and without which Joseph would never have made the following request to him:
tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks; in what part of the country they are, what field they are in, how far to it, and which the way.

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