3 “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
Genesis 47:3
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Genesis 29:3–5
3 When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well. 4 “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are… 5 …
Genesis 46:32–34
32 The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’ 33 When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and…
Genesis 37:15–17
15 a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?” 16 “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?” 17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘L…
Genesis 41:14–16
14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh. 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you h…
Genesis 42:6–8
6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground. 7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strange…
Genesis 42:12–14
12 “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” 13 But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.” 14 Then Joseph declared, “Just as I sa…
Genesis 45:2–4
2 But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence. 4 Then Joseph said…
Genesis 45:16–18
16 When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. 17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan. 18 Then bring your father and your famili…
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