Genesis 46:34

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

Cross References

Exodus 8:26

But Moses said, ‘It would not be right  to do that, because what we will sacrifice to the Lord our God is detestable to the Egyptians.  If we sacrifice what the Egyptians detest in front of them, won’t they stone us?

Genesis 43:32

They served him by himself, his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, since that is detestable to them.

Genesis 46:32

The men are shepherds; they also raise livestock. They have brought their flocks and herds and all that they have.”

Genesis 37:12

His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.

Genesis 45:10

You can settle in the land of Goshen  and be near me #– #you, your children, and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.

Genesis 30:35

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.

Genesis 34:5

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.

Genesis 13:7

and there was quarrelling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock.  (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.)

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please, let’s not have quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

Genesis 26:20

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, ‘The water is ours! ’ So he named the well Esek  because they argued with him.

Genesis 37:2

These are the family records of Jacob. At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives,  and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

Genesis 45:18

Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.”

Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh asked his brothers, ‘What is your occupation? ’ They said to Pharaoh, ‘Your servants, both we and our ancestors, are shepherds.’

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, ‘We have come to stay in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe.  So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.’

Genesis 47:6

the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land.  They can live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.’

Genesis 47:11

Then Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the land of Rameses,  as Pharaoh had commanded.

Exodus 8:22

But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where my people are living;  no flies will be there. This way you will know that I, the Lord, am in the land.