Dothan
A place in the Bible
A place with pastures north of Shechem. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “Dothain.”
What happened here
- Joseph: he was looking for his brothers. A man told him they had gone to Dothan, and he found them there.
- Sold: there they pulled him out of the cistern and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to some traders, who took him to Egypt.
Today
It is identified with a place that keeps the name, Tel Dothan, in the West Bank.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 37:17; Genesis 37:28
What the Bible says
Genesis 37:17
And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.
Genesis 37:28
And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), “Dothan”