Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned.
But he replied to his father, “Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.
Samuel asked him, ‘Are these all the sons you have? ’ ‘There is still the youngest,’ he answered, ‘but at the moment he’s tending the sheep.’ Samuel told Jesse, ‘Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.’
Moses said to Aaron, ‘This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness , to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory , before all the people.’ And Aaron remained silent.
That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats #– #every one that had any white on it #– #and every dark-coloured one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.
you are to say, “Your servants, both we and our ancestors, have raised livestock from our youth until now.” Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.’