When Joseph reached Shechem, ¹  a man found him wandering ²  in the field, so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

biblegateway Gen 37:15

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

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

a man found him wandering around in the open country. "What are you looking for?" the man asked.

biblegateway Gen 37:15

a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, "What are you seeking?"

bibleoremus Gen 37:15

and a man found him wandering in the fields; the man asked him, "What are you seeking?"

a man met him wandering in the open country and asked him what he was looking for.

biblegateway Gen 37:15

Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, "What are you seeking?"

And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was] wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

biblegateway Gen 37:15

When Joseph reached Shechem, ¹  a man found him wandering ²  in the field, so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

¹ tn Heb “and he [i.e., Joseph] went to Shechem.” The referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and a man found him and look, he was wandering in the field.” By the use of וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and look”), the narrator invites the reader to see the action through this unnamed man’s eyes.