Genesis 46:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Gen 47:3 : 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.
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • 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.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
  • Gen 45:10 : 10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:
  • Gen 46:34 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
  • 1 Kgs 9:27 : 27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.
  • 1 Kgs 18:5-6 : 5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction. 6 So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks; 71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. 72 So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
  • Zech 13:5 : 5 But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.
  • 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

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  • Gen 47:1-6
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    1Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

    2And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.

    3And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

    4And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

    5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

    6And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

  • Gen 46:33-34
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    33Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

    34You 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.

  • Gen 37:12-13
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    12Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

    13And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

  • Gen 46:31
    79%

    31And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 45:17
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    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 46:6
    78%

    6And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

  • Gen 47:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

    17So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

    18And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;

  • Gen 37:16
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    16And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

  • Gen 50:8
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    8And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:3
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    3So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 43:24
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    24And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given to them that they were to have a meal there.

  • Gen 43:15
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    15And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.

  • Gen 42:13-14
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    13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

    14And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

  • Gen 42:10
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    10And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

  • Gen 42:32-35
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    32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

    34And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

    35And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

  • Gen 45:25
    74%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 43:17-18
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    74%

    17Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

    18So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,

  • Gen 42:5-7
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    5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

    7And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

  • Exod 2:19
    73%

    19And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.

  • Gen 43:2
    73%

    2And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Gen 45:10
    73%

    10The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

  • Gen 36:7
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    7For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

  • Gen 43:7
    73%

    7Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 46:28
    73%

    28Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:25
    73%

    25Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

  • Gen 47:12
    72%

    12And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.