Genesis 46:34

Easy To Read Version

You tell him, ‘We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds. And our ancestors [249] were shepherds before us.’ Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptian people don’t like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:7

And the Canaanite people and the Perizzite people were also living in this land at the same time. The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, “There should be no arguing between you and me. Your people and my people should not argue. We are all brothers.

Genesis 26:20

But the men who herded sheep in the Valley of Gerar argued with Isaac’s servants. They said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac named that well Esek. [153] He gave it that name because that was the place where those people argued with him.

Genesis 30:35

Then Leah gave birth to another son. She named this son Judah. [169] Leah named him this because she said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Then Leah stopped having children.

Genesis 34:5

Jacob learned that the boy had done this very bad thing to his daughter. But all Jacob’s sons were out in the field with the cattle. So Jacob did nothing until they came home.

Genesis 37:12

One day, Joseph’s brothers went to Shechem to care for their father’s sheep.

Genesis 37:2

This is the story of Jacob’s family.

Genesis 43:32

The servants seated Joseph at a table by himself. His brothers were at another table by themselves. And the Egyptians were at table by themselves. The Egyptians believed that it was wrong for them to eat with Hebrews.

Genesis 45:10

You can live near me in the land of Goshen. You, your children, your grandchildren, and all of your animals are welcome here.

Genesis 45:18

Tell them to bring your father and their families back here to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt to live on. And your family can eat the best food we have here.”

Genesis 46:32

They are a family of shepherds. They have always kept sheep and cattle. They have brought all their animals and everything they own with them.’

Genesis 47:11

Joseph did what Pharaoh said and gave his father and brothers land in Egypt. It was the best land in Egypt, {in the eastern part of the country} in the land of Rameses.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to the brothers, “What work do you do?”

Genesis 47:4

They said to Pharaoh, “The time of hunger is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals. So we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:6

You can choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if they are skilled shepherds, then they can also care for my cattle.”

Exodus 8:22

But I will not treat the people of Israel the same as the Egyptian people. There will not be any flies in Goshen, where my people live. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land.

Exodus 8:26

But Moses said, “It would not be right to do that. The Egyptians think that it is a terrible thing to {kill animals as} sacrifices [55] for the Lord our God. If we do this here, then the Egyptians will see us, and they will throw stones at us and kill us.