Verse 32

The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

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  • Gen 47:3 : 3 Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 Now 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.
  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 Noah, a man of the soil, began to work the land and planted a vineyard.
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 He drove all his livestock and all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan Aram to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the account of Jacob: Joseph, a seventeen-year-old youth, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
  • Gen 45:10 : 10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.
  • Gen 46:34 : 34 You should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.
  • 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 But David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
  • 1 Kgs 9:27 : 27 Hiram sent his servants, experienced sailors, who knew the sea, to work with Solomon's servants on the fleet.
  • 1 Kgs 18:5-6 : 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and brooks. Perhaps we can find grass to keep the horses and mules alive and avoid losing the animals." 6 So they divided the land between them to search it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds. 71 From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance. 72 He shepherded them with a heart of integrity and guided them with the skillfulness of his hands.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
  • Zech 13:5 : 5 Instead, they will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a farmer, for I have been working the land since my youth.’
  • 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the young men you have?" Jesse replied, "There remains the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives here."