Genesis 47:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 4:2

Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Jonah 1:8

Then they said to him, “Tell us why this calamity has come upon us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat.