EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 37:17 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk
The man said, “They have gone from here, for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothan.” So Joseph followed his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Bereshis Rabbah 84:14.
Sefaria — Bereshis Rabbah 84:14
English: “They have traveled from here” — they traveled away from brotherhood. “Let us go to Dosan” — they sought pretexts of words against you, that you be judged by them.
Derash on the verse (Bereshis Rabbah) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Place-name and departure are moralized.
The brothers have left fraternity; Dosan is the arena where they will frame a case against Yosef.