12 One day when Joseph's brothers had taken the sheep to a pasture near Shechem,
13 his father Jacob said to him, “I want you to go to your brothers. They are with the sheep near Shechem.”“Yes, sir,” Joseph answered.
14 His father said, “Go and find out how your brothers and the sheep are doing. Then come back and let me know.” So he sent him from Hebron Valley.Joseph was near Shechem
15 and wandering through the fields, when a man asked, “What are you looking for?”
16 Joseph answered, “I'm looking for my brothers who are watching the sheep. Can you tell me where they are?”
17 “They're not here anymore,” the man replied. “I overheard them say they were going to Dothan.”Joseph left and found his brothers in Dothan.
18 But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.