Genesis 47:3
Then Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both we and our fathers.
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- Gen 46:33-34 : 33 And if Pharaoh call you, and aske you, What is your trade? 34 Then ye shal say, Thy seruants are men occupied about cattell, from our childehoode euen vnto this time, both we and our fathers: that yee may dwell in the lande of Goshen: for euery sheepe keeper is an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
- Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then answered Amos, & said to Amaziah, I was no Prophet, neither was I a prophets sonne, but I was an herdman, & a gatherer of wilde figs. 15 And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.
- Jonah 1:8 : 8 Then said they vnto him, Tell vs for whose cause this euill is vpon vs? what is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? which is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?
- 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.
- Gen 4:2 : 2 And againe she brought foorth his brother Habel, & Habel was a keeper of sheepe, and Kain was a tiller of the ground.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 46:31-344 verses88%
31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,
32And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.
33And if Pharaoh call you, and aske you, What is your trade?
34Then ye shal say, Thy seruants are men occupied about cattell, from our childehoode euen vnto this time, both we and our fathers: that yee may dwell in the lande of Goshen: for euery sheepe keeper is an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
- Gen 47:4-85 verses85%
4They sayde moreouer vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in ye lande are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for their sheepe, so sore is ye famine in the lande of Canaan. Nowe therefore, we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen.
5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.
6The lande of Egypt is before thee: in the best place of the land make thy father & thy brethren dwel: let the dwel in the land of Goshen: & if thou knowest that there be men of actiuitie among them, make them rulers ouer my cattell.
7Ioseph also brought Iaakob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; Iaakob saluted Pharaoh.
8Then Pharaoh sayde vnto Iaakob, Howe olde art thou?
- Gen 47:1-22 verses82%
1Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2And Ioseph tooke part of his brethren, euen fiue men, and presented them vnto Pharaoh.
- Gen 45:16-183 verses80%
16And the tidinges came vnto Pharaohs house, so that they said, Iosephs brethre are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants.
17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,
18And take your father, and your houshoulds, and come to me, and I wil giue you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eate of the fat of the land.
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19My Lord asked his seruants, saying, Haue ye a father, or a brother?
- Gen 37:12-132 verses76%
12Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem.
13And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? Come and I will send thee to them.
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19And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water ynough, and watered the sheepe.
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7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.
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16And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe.
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18Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.
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25Then they answered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.
- Gen 47:17-193 verses74%
17So they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph, and Ioseph gaue them bread for the horses, & for the flockes of sheepe, and for the heards of cattel, and for the asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattell that yeere.
18But when the yeere was ended, they came vnto him the next yeere, and sayd vnto him, We will not hide from my lord, that since our money is spent, and my lord hath the heards of the cattel, there is nothing left in the sight of my lorde, but our bodies and our ground.
19Why shall we perish in thy sight, both we, and our land? bye vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bonde to Pharaoh: therefore giue vs seede, that we may liue and not dye, and that the land go not to waste.
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7And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?
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10And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.
- Gen 42:13-142 verses72%
13And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.
- Acts 7:12-132 verses72%
12But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
13And at the second time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kindred was made knowen vnto Pharao.
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2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.
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10But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.
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8Likewise all the house of Ioseph, and his brethren, and his fathers house: onely their children, and their sheepe, and their cattell left they in the land of Goshen.
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3So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.
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7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.
- Gen 47:11-122 verses71%
11And Ioseph placed his father, and his brethren, and gaue them possession in the lande of Egypt, in the best of the land, euen in the lande of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.
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15How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.
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55At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.
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15Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?
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1Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other?
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27And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?