Genesis 46:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³² and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² and the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been keeping livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

Common English Bible

³² The men are shepherds, because they own livestock. They’ve brought with them their flocks and herds and everything they own.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² And these honorable men are pastors of sheep, and they have the task of feeding the flock. Their cattle, and herds, and all that they were able to hold, they have brought with them.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

Genesis 46:32 Cross References

Genesis 31:18

and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.

Genesis 4:2

And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 45:10

and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Genesis 46:31

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

Genesis 46:33

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Genesis 46:34

that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Genesis 47:3

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

Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that give suck.

Zechariah 13:5

but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

1 Samuel 16:11

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

1 Samuel 17:15

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.