Genesis 46:32

English Standard Version 2016

And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

Cross References

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

Zechariah 13:5

but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’

Isaiah 40:11

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

Exodus 3:1

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

Genesis 46:34

you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 45:10

You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.

Genesis 31:18

He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

Genesis 9:20

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

Genesis 4:2

And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

1 Samuel 16:11

Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

Genesis 46:31

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

Genesis 46:33

When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’