13. Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go."
14. Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15. A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16. He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."
17. Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18. When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
19. They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer!
20. Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!"