Genesis 46:32 “The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought the…”

Genesis 46:32

The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

World English Bible

These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’

American Standard Version

and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the men are shepheardes, and because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.

Darby Translation

and the men are shepherds, for they have been occupied with cattle; and they have brought their sheep, and their cattle, and all that they have.

Young's Literal Translation

and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'

Bible in Basic English

And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

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Cross references

“shepherds”

Genesis 47:3 Genesis 4:2 Genesis 31:18 Genesis 37:2 Exodus 3:1 1 Samuel 17:15

Genesis 47:3 · BSB

“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

Genesis 4:2 · BSB

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

Genesis 31:18 · BSB

and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Genesis 37:2 · BSB

This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

Exodus 3:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

1 Samuel 17:15 · BSB

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

“their trade hath been to feed cattle”

Genesis 46:34 Genesis 9:20 1 Kings 9:27 1 Kings 18:5 1 Kings 18:6

Genesis 46:34 · BSB

you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 9:20 · BSB

Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

1 Kings 9:27 · BSB

And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

1 Kings 18:5 · BSB

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

1 Kings 18:6 · BSB

So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

“and they”

Genesis 45:10

Genesis 45:10 · BSB

You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.

33When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

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