Genesis 47:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.

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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 brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Jonah 1:8

6 And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus our hope: