Genesis 46:33

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'When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, "What is your occupation?"'

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  • Gen 46:32 : 32 The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.
  • Gen 47:2-4 : 2 Joseph selected five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.' 4 They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'
  • Jonah 1:8 : 8 Then they said to him, "Please tell us! Who is responsible for causing this trouble for us? What is your occupation, and where do you come from? What is your country, and of what people are you?"

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  • Gen 46:34
    88%

    34You 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.

  • Gen 47:3-8
    6 verses
    88%

    3Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'

    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

    8Pharaoh asked Jacob, 'How many years have you lived?''

  • Gen 46:31-32
    2 verses
    83%

    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 45:17-20
    4 verses
    76%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

    18Then bring your father and your households and come back to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat from the fat of the land.

    19You are also instructed to do this: Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father and come.

    20Do not worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 47:1
    74%

    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 45:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt.

    9Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’

    10You 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 41:55
    72%

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

  • Exod 2:19
    72%

    19They answered, 'An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.'

  • Exod 3:18
    71%

    18The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you, along with the elders, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.'

  • Exod 10:24
    71%

    24Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Only your flocks and herds must stay behind. Even your women and children may go with you."

  • Exod 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their labor? Get back to your work."

    5And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working!"

  • Gen 44:7
    71%

    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Exod 8:25
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    25Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people tomorrow. But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD."

  • Gen 47:25
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    25They replied, 'You have saved our lives! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.'

  • Gen 42:14
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    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • Gen 37:13
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    13Israel said to Joseph, "Aren’t your brothers shepherding the flock at Shechem? Go, and I will send you to them." Joseph replied, "Here I am."

  • Exod 3:10
    69%

    10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

  • Exod 14:3
    69%

    3Pharaoh will think of the Israelites, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has trapped them.'

  • Gen 46:3
    69%

    3God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.'

  • Gen 44:19
    69%

    19My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"

  • Gen 47:19
    69%

    19'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

  • Exod 13:14
    69%

    14In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Gen 37:16
    69%

    16He replied, "I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."

  • Exod 5:21
    69%

    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • Gen 42:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?'

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

  • Exod 5:15
    69%

    15Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?"

  • Gen 41:33
    69%

    33Now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:46
    69%

    46Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. He went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 3:21
    69%

    21And I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you leave, you will not go empty-handed.