Genesis 47:3 - Revised Standard Version

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers before us.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers, “What do you do?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our ancestors.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he questioned them, "What do you have for work?" They responded: "Your servants are pastors of sheep, both we and our fathers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: We thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

Genesis 47:3 Cross References

Genesis 4:2

And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Jonah 1:8

Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And whence do you come? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If any one will not work, let him not eat.