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Genesis 47:3

WEB

3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”

KJV

3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

BSB

3What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

FBV

3Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” Your servants are shepherds, just like our fathers before us,” they replied.

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Extra References

Genesis 46:33-34

33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”


Amos 7:14-15

14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; 15and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’


2 Thessalonians 3:10

10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”


Genesis 4:2

2Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.


Jonah 1:8

8Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”