Genesis 47:3

New International Reader's Version

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What do you do for a living?” “We’re shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh. “And that’s what our fathers were.”

Cross References

Genesis 4:2

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of sheep. Cain farmed the land.

Jonah 1:8

They asked him, “What terrible thing have you done to bring all this trouble on us? Tell us. What do you do for a living? Where do you come from? What is your country? What people do you belong to?”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Even when we were with you, we gave you a rule. We said, “Anyone who won’t work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”