13 Jacob said to Joseph, “I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock.”Joseph answered, “I am ready.”
14 His father said, “Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all right; then come back and tell me.” So his father sent him on his way from the Valley of Hebron.Joseph arrived at Shechem
15 and was wandering about in the country when a man saw him and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 “I am looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock,” he answered. “Can you tell me where they are?”
17 The man said, “They have already left. I heard them say that they were going to Dothan.” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18 They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.
19 They said to one another, “Here comes that dreamer.