Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 37:16

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

And he said, I seek my brethren,…. Whom, no doubt, he described to the man, and told him who they were, and to whom they belonged; or otherwise the man would have been at a loss to know who he meant, and what further to say to him, and without which Joseph would never have made the following request to him:

tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks]; in what part of the country they are, what field they are in, how far to it, and which the way.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gen 37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

Ver. 16. I seek my brethren. ] He stayed not at Shechem, whither his father sent him; but missing them there, he seeks farther, till he found them. This is true obedience, whether to God or man, when we look not so much to the letter of the law, as to the mind of the lawmaker; apices iuris non sunt ius.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)