Genesis 46:34

The Passion Translation

be sure to tell him that you and your fathers before you have herded livestock all your lives. Then he will let you live in the region of Goshen.” Joseph said this because Egyptians despise shepherds.

Cross References

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not quarrel with each other, or between our herdsmen, since we are relatives.

Genesis 26:20

But the herdsmen of Gerar picked a fight with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “That’s our well!” So Isaac named the well Argument because of the sharp contention.

Genesis 30:35

But that same day, Laban secretly removed all the male and female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had white on them) and all the black lambs and left them under the care of his sons.

Genesis 34:5

Now Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah; but his sons were in the fields with his livestock, so he waited to act until his sons returned home.

Genesis 37:12

One day, when his brothers had gone to Shechem to care for their father’s flock,

Genesis 43:32

First, they served Joseph who was seated apart from his brothers, then the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians by themselves. (It would have been utterly offensive for the Egyptians to eat at the same table with the Hebrews.)

Genesis 45:10

You will settle in the land of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and all your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and herds and all that you possess.

Genesis 45:18

Get your father and your families and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land in Egypt, and you will enjoy the fat of the land.’

Genesis 46:32

I will tell him that you are shepherds and take care of livestock and that you have brought with you your flocks and herds and all you own.

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the choicest part of the land of Egypt, in the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the men, “What is your occupation?” “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our fathers were,” they answered.

Genesis 47:4

“We have come to stay as temporary residents in this country, because in the land of Canaan, the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. Please give us permission to settle in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:6

the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the best part of the land, in the region of Goshen. And if there are any competent men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”