Genesis 37:17
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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הָלַךְ
let us go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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נָסַע
they have departed
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נָסַע
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
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דֹּתָן
Dothan/ towards
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דֹּתָן
Dothan, a place in Palestine
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