Genesis 46:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

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  • Gen 46:32 : 32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.
  • Gen 47:2-4 : 2 And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh. 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. 4 And 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.
  • 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?

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    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.

  • Gen 47:3-8
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    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.

    4 And 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.

    5 And 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.

    6 And 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.

    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

    8 And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    31 And 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;

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

  • Gen 45:17-20
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

    19 And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

    20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 47:1
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    1 Then 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.

  • Gen 45:8-10
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    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

    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:

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    55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

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

  • Exod 3:18
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    18 And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.

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    24 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go and give worship to the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept here: your little ones may go with you.

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    4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

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    25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

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    3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

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    19 Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

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

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    21 And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

  • Gen 42:1-2
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    21 And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go out with your hands full.