Genesis 37:15

World English Bible (2000)

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

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  • Judg 4:22 : 22 Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek." He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
  • 2 Kgs 6:19 : 19 Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." He led them to Samaria.
  • John 1:38 : 38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
  • John 4:27 : 27 At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?"
  • John 18:4 : 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
  • John 18:7 : 7 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
  • John 20:15 : 15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:16-17
    2 verses
    86%

    16He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

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

  • Gen 37:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    12His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

    13Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

    14He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • Judg 19:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening: now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

    17He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

    18He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house.

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    74%

    2When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do for my son?"'

  • Mark 1:37
    73%

    37and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

  • Gen 33:8
    72%

    8Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

  • Gen 31:37
    72%

    37Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

  • Judg 18:3
    71%

    3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?"

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    71%

    14He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I am."

  • Gen 32:17
    71%

    17He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    71%

    13He said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." It was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan."

  • Gen 29:2
    71%

    2He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.

  • Gen 38:21
    71%

    21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

  • 2 Kgs 2:17
    70%

    17When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.

  • Gen 43:7
    70%

    7They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

  • Judg 17:8-9
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    70%

    8The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

    9Micah said to him, "Where did you come from?" He said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live."

  • Ezek 34:6
    70%

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.

  • 1 Sam 9:4
    70%

    4He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them.

  • Prov 7:15
    70%

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

  • Gen 37:30
    70%

    30He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

  • Luke 15:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

    5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

  • Gen 29:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

    7He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."

  • 1 Sam 10:22
    69%

    22Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, "Is there yet a man to come here?" Yahweh answered, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

  • Gen 37:32
    69%

    32They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

  • Ps 132:6
    69%

    6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

  • Gen 44:28
    69%

    28and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

  • Matt 18:12
    69%

    12"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

  • Gen 16:7
    69%

    7The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

  • Gen 27:20
    69%

    20Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."

  • Luke 2:45
    69%

    45When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

  • Gen 42:12
    69%

    12He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

  • Gen 3:9
    69%

    9Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"