Genesis 47:3 - Tree of Life Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

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.

Common English Bible

³ 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

³ And he questioned them, "What do you have for work?" They responded: "Your servants are pastors of sheep, both we and our fathers.

Genesis 47:3 Cross References

Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth again, to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd of flocks while Cain became a worker of the ground.

Jonah 1:8

Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account is this evil happening to us? What is your profession and where did you come from? What is your land and from what nation are you?”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we would give you this order: if anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.