Genesis 46:34

New Century Version

This is what you should tell him: ‘We, your servants, have taken care of farm animals all our lives. Our ancestors did the same thing.’ Then the king will allow you to settle in the land of Goshen, away from the Egyptians, because they don’t like to be near shepherds.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:7

so Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen began to argue. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at this time.

Genesis 13:8

Abram said to Lot, “There should be no arguing between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, because we are brothers.

Genesis 26:20

But the herdsmen of Gerar argued with them and said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac named that well Argue because they argued with him.

Genesis 30:35

But that day Laban took away all the male goats that had streaks or spots, all the speckled and spotted female goats (all those that had white on them), and all the black sheep. He told his sons to watch over them.

Genesis 34:5

Jacob learned how Shechem had disgraced his daughter, but since his sons were out in the field with the cattle, Jacob said nothing until they came home.

Genesis 37:12

One day Joseph’s brothers went to Shechem to graze their father’s flocks.

Genesis 37:2

This is the family history of Jacob: Joseph was a young man, seventeen years old. He and his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, cared for the flocks. Joseph gave his father bad reports about his brothers.

Genesis 43:32

So they served Joseph at one table, his brothers at another table, and the Egyptians who ate with him at another table. This was because Egyptians did not like Hebrews and never ate with them.

Genesis 45:10

Live in the land of Goshen where you will be near me. Your children, your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that you have will also be near me.

Genesis 45:18

and bring their father and their families back here to me. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will eat the best food we have here.

Genesis 46:32

They are shepherds and take care of farm animals, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and everything they own with them.’

Genesis 47:11

Joseph obeyed the king and gave his father and brothers the best land in Egypt, near the city of Rameses.

Genesis 47:3

The king said to the brothers, “What work do you do?” And they said to him, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”

Genesis 47:4

They said to the king, “We have come to live in this land, because there is no grass in the land of Canaan for our animals to eat, and the hunger is terrible there. So please allow us to live in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:6

and you may 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 any of them are skilled shepherds, put them in charge of my sheep and cattle.”

Exodus 8:22

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

Exodus 8:26

But Moses said, “It wouldn’t be right to do that, because the Egyptians hate the sacrifices we offer to the Lord our God. If they see us offering sacrifices they hate, they will throw stones at us and kill us.