Genesis 37:15

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A man found him wandering in the field and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

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  • Judg 4:22 : 22 Just then, Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. She said, "Come, and I will show you the man you're looking for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.
  • 2 Kgs 6:19 : 19 Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria.
  • John 1:38 : 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, 'What do you want?' They said, 'Rabbi' (which means Teacher), 'where are you staying?'
  • John 4:27 : 27 Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
  • John 18:4 : 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 'Whom are you looking for?'
  • John 18:7 : 7 Jesus asked them again, 'Whom are you looking for?' And they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.'
  • John 20:15 : 15 Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you seeking?' Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.'
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 Early in the morning, Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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  • Gen 37:16-17
    2 verses
    86%

    16He replied, "I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."

    17The man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 37:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

    13Israel said to Joseph, "Aren’t your brothers shepherding the flock at Shechem? Go, and I will send you to them." Joseph replied, "Here I am."

    14So Israel said to him, "Go now and see if everything is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me back a report." Then he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.

  • Judg 19:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.

    17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man asked, "Where are you going, and where have you come from?"

    18The man answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into their home.

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    74%

    2When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys you went to find have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and is concerned about you, asking, “What shall I do about my son?”'

  • Mark 1:37
    73%

    37and when they found him, they said, 'Everyone is looking for you.'

  • Gen 33:8
    72%

    8'What do you mean by all these camps I met?' Esau inquired. Jacob replied, 'To find favor in the eyes of my lord.'

  • Gen 31:37
    72%

    37You have searched through all my belongings. What have you found that belongs to your household? Place it here in front of my relatives and yours, and let them judge between us.

  • Judg 18:3
    71%

    3As they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, 'Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your purpose here?'

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    71%

    14He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

  • Gen 32:17
    71%

    17He placed each herd in the care of his servants, and he instructed them, 'Go ahead of me and keep some distance between the herds.'

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    71%

    13So the king said, "Go and see where he is, so I can send men to capture him." When he was told, "He is in Dothan,"

  • Gen 29:2
    71%

    2He saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying beside it because that well was where the flocks were watered. A large stone was over the mouth of the well.

  • Gen 38:21
    71%

    21He asked the men of the place, 'Where is the prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?' They replied, 'There has been no prostitute here.'

  • 2 Kgs 2:17
    70%

    17But they persisted until he was too ashamed to refuse. So he said, 'Send them.' And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.

  • Gen 43:7
    70%

    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Judg 17:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8The man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to find a place to stay. He traveled until he reached the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house as part of his journey.

    9Micah asked him, 'Where are you coming from?' He replied, 'I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling to find a place to stay.'

  • Ezek 34:6
    70%

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

  • 1 Sam 9:4
    70%

    4So they went through the hill country of Ephraim and the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. Then they went through the land of Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. They passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they still did not find them.

  • Prov 7:15
    70%

    15'So I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.'

  • Gen 37:30
    70%

    30He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone! What am I going to do?"

  • Luke 15:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

  • Gen 29:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Then he asked, 'Is he well?' They said, 'He is well, and look, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.'

    7He said, 'Look, the day is still high; it is not time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them out to pasture.'

  • 1 Sam 10:22
    69%

    22So they inquired further of the LORD, 'Has the man come here yet?' And the LORD said, 'He is hiding among the supplies.'

  • Gen 37:32
    69%

    32They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."

  • Ps 132:6
    69%

    6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the forest.

  • Gen 44:28
    69%

    28'One of them went away from me, and I said, "Surely he has been torn to pieces," and I have not seen him since.'

  • Matt 18:12
    69%

    12What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?

  • Gen 16:7
    69%

    7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

  • Gen 27:20
    69%

    20Isaac asked his son, 'How did you find it so quickly, my son?' 'Because the LORD your God brought it to me,' Jacob replied.

  • Luke 2:45
    69%

    45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

  • Gen 42:12
    69%

    12But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

  • Gen 3:9
    69%

    9But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?'