Midrasch zu Bereschit 37:17
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָאִישׁ֙ נָסְע֣וּ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָה וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔יו וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם בְּדֹתָֽן׃
Und der Mann sprach: Sie sind von hier weggezogen, denn ich hörte sie sagen. Lasst uns nach Dothan gehen. Da ging Joseph seinen Brüdern nach und fand sie zu Dothan.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Ibid., cont.:) AND HERE HE WAS WANDERING < IN A FIELD >. The angel said to him: Do you not know that you are going astray? He said to him (in vss. 16-17): I AM SEEKING MY BROTHERS…. THEN THE MAN SAID: THEY HAVE MOVED ON FROM HERE. What is the meaning of FROM HERE? When they see you they become cruel.31Rashi, on Gen. 37:17, explains that FROM HERE means “from brotherhood.”
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Gen. 37:17, cont.:) FOR I HEARD THEM SAYING: LET US GO TO DOTHAN. What is the meaning of TO DOTHAN (DTYNH)? Our masters have said that the angel was watching out for the Law of the Lord (DT YH).
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Gen. 37:17-18:) SO JOSEPH WENT AFTER HIS BROTHERS…. NOW THEY SAW HIM FROM AFAR, while he was a mile32Lat.: mille. away.
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