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Parallel GEN 37:17

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BI Gen 37:17 ©

OET (OET-RV) “They’ve left here,” the man responded. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ”
¶ So Yosef continued on after his brothers and found them at Dotan,

OET-LVAnd_he/it_said the_man they_have_set_out from_here DOM I_heard_[them] saying let_us_go Dotān_to and_he/it_went Yōşēf after brothers_his and_found_them in/on/at/with_Dotān.

UHBוַ⁠יֹּ֤אמֶר הָ⁠אִישׁ֙ נָסְע֣וּ מִ⁠זֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָ⁠ה וַ⁠יֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔י⁠ו וַ⁠יִּמְצָאֵ֖⁠ם בְּ⁠דֹתָֽן׃ 
   (va⁠yyoʼmer hā⁠ʼīsh nāşəˊū mi⁠zzeh ⱪiy shāmaˊttī ʼomriym nēləkāh dotāyənā⁠h va⁠yyēlek yōşēf ʼaḩar ʼeḩāy⁠v va⁠yyimʦāʼē⁠m bə⁠dotān.)

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ULT Then the man said, “They set out from here. For I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ”
¶  Then Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

UST The man answered, “They were here and then left, but I overheard them say that they were going to the town of Dothan.”
¶  So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them near the town of Dothan.


BSB § “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

OEB The man said, ‘They have gone away, for I heard them say, “Let us go to Dothan.”’ So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

WEB The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’”
¶ Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

NET The man said, “They left this area, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

LSV And the man says, “They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,” and Joseph goes after his brothers, and finds them in Dothan.

FBV “They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.

T4T The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan town.’”
¶ So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.

LEB And the man said, “They have moved on from here, for I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” Then Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

BBE And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

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JPS 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.

ASV 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.

DRA And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

YLT And the man saith, 'They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.

DBY 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.

RV 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.

WBS And the man said, They have departed hence: for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren and found them in Dothan.

KJB 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.

BB And the man sayde, They are departed hence: for I haue hearde them say, let vs go vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren, and founde them in Dothan.
  (And the man said, They are departed hence: for I have heard them say, let us go unto Dothan. Thus went Yoseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.)

GNV And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let vs goe vnto Dothan. Then went Ioseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
  (And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let us go unto Dothan. Then went Yoseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. )

CB The man sayde: They are gone from hence, for I herde them saye: let vs go vnto Dothan. Then folowed Ioseph after his brethren, and founde them at Dothan.
  (The man said: They are gone from hence, for I heard them say: let us go unto Dothan. Then followed Yoseph after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.)

WYC And the man seide to hym, Thei yeden awei fro this place; forsothe Y herde hem seiynge, Go we into Dothaym. And Joseph yede aftir his britheren, and foond hem in Dothaym.
  (And the man said to him, They went away from this place; forsothe I heard them seiynge, Go we into Dothaym. And Yoseph went after his brethren/brothers, and found them in Dothaym.)

LUT Der Mann sprach: Sie sind von dannen gezogen; denn ich hörte, daß sie sagten: Lasset uns gen Dothan gehen. Da folgte Joseph seinen Brüdern nach und fand sie zu Dothan.
  (The man spoke: They/She are from dannen gezogen; because I hörte, that they/she/them saysen: Lasset uns gen Dothan gehen. So folgte Yoseph his brothersn nach and fand they/she/them to Dothan.)

CLV Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Joseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.
  (And_he_said to_him vir: Recesserunt about instead isto: audivi however them dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Yoseph after fratres suos, and invenit them in Dothain. )

BRN And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim.

BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀπῄρκασιν ἐντεῦθεν· ἤκουσα γὰρ αὐτῶν λεγόντων, πορευθῶμεν εἰς Δωθαείμ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωσὴφ κατόπισθε τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ἐν Δωθαείμ.
  (Eipe de autōi ho anthrōpos, apaʸrkasin enteuthen; aʸkousa gar autōn legontōn, poreuthōmen eis Dōthaeim; kai eporeuthaʸ Yōsaʸf katopisthe tōn adelfōn autou, kai heuren autous en Dōthaeim. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

37:14-17 The brothers ranged far and wide. Shechem was about fifty miles from Hebron, and Dothan another fifteen miles beyond Shechem.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֤אמֶר הָ⁠אִישׁ֙

and=he/it_said the=man

Alternate translation: “The man answered him,” or “The man replied,”

נָסְע֣וּ מִ⁠זֶּ֔ה

moved_on from,here

Alternate translation: “I saw them, but then they left from here”

כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים

that/for/because/then/when I_heard say

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “In fact, I heard them say to each other” or “but I overheard them say to each other”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָ⁠ה

go Dothan,to

Consider whether it is better to use a direct or indirect quote here in your translation.

וַ⁠יֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔י⁠ו וַ⁠יִּמְצָאֵ֖⁠ם בְּ⁠דֹתָֽן

and=he/it_went Yōşēf after brothers,his and,found,them in/on/at/with,Dothan

Alternate translation: “So Joseph went to the town of Dothan and found his brothers near there.”

BI Gen 37:17 ©