12. And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
13. And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14. And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.
15. And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16. And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
17. And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.
18. And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.