Genesis 46:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֙ רֹ֣עֵי צֹ֔אן כִּֽי־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה הָי֑וּ וְצֹאנָ֧ם וּבְקָרָ֛ם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם הֵבִֽיאוּ׃

Transliteration

And-the-men rōʿê ṣōʾn, for-men-of miqneh hāyû; and-flocks-their and-herds-their and-all-that to-them hēḇîʾû.

Grammar Details

• *rōʿê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - 'shepherds of'
• *ṣōʾn*: common noun, feminine singular - 'sheep/flock'
• *miqneh*: common noun, masculine singular - 'livestock/cattle'
• *hāyû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'they were'
• *hēḇîʾû*: hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - 'they have brought'

Word Meanings

• *rōʿê*: shepherds of/keepers of
• *ṣōʾn*: sheep/flock/small livestock
• *miqneh*: livestock/cattle/possessions
• *hāyû*: they were/they have been
• *hēḇîʾû*: they have brought/they have led

Referenced Verses

• Gen 47:3 : 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
• Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
• Gen 4:2 : 2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
• Gen 9:20 : 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:
• Gen 31:18 : 18 and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
• Gen 37:2 : 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
• Gen 45:10 : 10 and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
• Gen 46:34 : 34 that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
• 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
• 1 Kgs 9:27 : 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
• 1 Kgs 18:5-6 : 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
• Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
• Zech 13:5 : 5 but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.
• 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.