Genesis 47:3

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

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  • Gen 46:33-34 : 33 'When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, "What is your occupation?"' 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.
  • Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Amos answered Amaziah, 'I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore figs.' 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'
  • 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?"
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.
  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.

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  • Gen 46:31-34
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    88%

    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.

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

    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 47:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

    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 47:1-2
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    82%

    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.'

    2Joseph selected five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

  • Gen 45:16-18
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    16The news reached Pharaoh' palace

    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.

  • Gen 44:19
    77%

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

  • Gen 37:12-13
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    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

    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 2:19
    75%

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

  • Gen 44:7
    74%

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

  • Gen 37:16
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    16He replied, "I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."

  • Gen 50:18
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    18Then his brothers also came, bowed down before him, and said, 'We are your servants.'

  • 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 47:17-19
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    17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. He provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and our livestock has been given to you. There is nothing left for our lord but our bodies and our land.'

    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.'

  • Gen 43:7
    74%

    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Gen 45:10
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    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 42:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

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

  • Acts 7:12-13
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    72%

    12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

    13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 43:2
    72%

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Gen 42:10
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    10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 50:8
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    8Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household accompanied him. But they left their children, flocks, and cattle in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:3
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    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 42:7
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    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'

  • Gen 47:11-12
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    71%

    11So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of the land in Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Gen 41:55
    71%

    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 5:15
    71%

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

  • Gen 42:1
    71%

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

  • Gen 43:27
    71%

    27He greeted them and asked, "How is your father, the old man you told me about? Is he still alive?"