Verse 3
And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 46:33-34 : 33 Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business? 34 You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.
- Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees: 15 And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
- Jonah 1:8 : 8 Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?
- 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
- Gen 4:2 : 2 Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.