Genesis 46:32

Modern English Version

The men are shepherds; their work has been to feed livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

Cross References

Genesis 31:18

Then he carried away all his livestock and all his goods which he had obtained, his acquired livestock which he had gotten in Paddan Aram, in order to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2

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

Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth again to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 45:10

And you will dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, along with your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

Genesis 46:31

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and 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 asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

Genesis 46:34

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

Genesis 47:3

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

Genesis 9:20

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

1 Kings 9:27

Hiram sent shipmen who had knowledge of the sea to serve alongside Solomon’s men.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Zechariah 13:5

But he will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a man who works the ground, for a man purchased me when I was young.”

1 Samuel 16:11

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all your young men?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, there he is shepherding the flock.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

1 Samuel 17:15

but David would go back and forth from Saul to shepherd his father’s flock in Bethlehem.