11. Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
12. And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father's flocks,
13. Israel said to him: "Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." And when he answered,
14. "I am ready," he said to him, "Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening." So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem.
15. And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
16. So he responded: "I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks."
17. And the man said to him: "They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, 'Let us go to Dothan.' " Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.
18. And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.