Genesis 47:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

Common English Bible

² From all of his brothers, he selected five men and presented them before Pharaoh.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Likewise, he stood in the sight of the king five men, the last of his brothers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king.

Genesis 47:2 Cross References

Genesis 46:33

4 You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.

Acts 7:13

1 And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

2 Corinthians 4:14

Now he that maketh us for this very thing, is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit.

Colossians 1:28

Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy, and vain deceit; according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ:

Jude 1:24

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.