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

wild sea waves, ¹  spewing out the foam of ²  their shame; ³  wayward stars ⁴  for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness ⁵  have been reserved.

ז (Zayin) Remember ¹  my impoverished and homeless condition, ²  which is a bitter poison. ³ 

Pharaoh will think ¹  regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused ²  in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’ ³ 

It is better to be content with ¹  what the eyes can see ²  than for one’s heart always to crave more. ³  This continual longing ⁴  is futile – like ⁵  chasing the wind.

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. ¹ 

He deprives the leaders of the earth ¹  of their understanding; ²  he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste. ³ 

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause ¹  does not come to rest. ² 

Like a bird that wanders ¹  from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. ² 

They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. ¹ 

“If you encounter ¹  your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return ²  it to him.

Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, “A wandering ¹  Aramean ²  was my ancestor, ³  and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, ⁴  but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

At the fords of the Arnon ¹  the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest. ² 

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path ¹  will save that person’s ²  soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. ¹ 

(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

When you see ¹  your neighbor’s ²  ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; ³  you must return it without fail ⁴  to your neighbor.

Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. ¹  Say, ²  ‘Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.

“You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north.

They grope about in darkness ¹  without light; he makes them stagger ²  like drunkards.