Genesis 46:33

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Pharaoh will summon you and say,‘What is your occupation?’

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  • Gen 46:32 : 32 The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
  • Gen 47:2-4 : 2 He took five of his brothers and introduced them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.” 4 Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
  • Jonah 1:8 : 8 They said to him,“Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”

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  • 34 Tell him,‘Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians.”

  • Gen 47:3-8
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    3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”

    4 Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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

    6 The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

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

    8 Pharaoh said to Jacob,“How long have you lived?”

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

    32 The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

  • Gen 45:17-20
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    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

    18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

    19 You are also commanded to say,‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

    20 Don’t worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

  • 1 Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

  • Gen 45:8-10
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    8 So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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

    10 You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • 55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

  • 19 They said,“An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”

  • 18 “The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him,‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

  • 24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said,“Go, serve the LORD– only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families may go with you.”

  • Exod 5:4-5
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    4 The king of Egypt said to them,“Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”

    5 Pharaoh was thinking,“The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

  • 7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • 25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said,“Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”

  • 25 They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

  • 14 But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

  • 13 Israel said to Joseph,“Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.”“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

  • 10 So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

  • 3 Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites,‘They are wandering around confused in the land– the desert has closed in on them.’

  • 3 He 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.

  • 19 My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

  • 19 Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”

  • 14 In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.

  • 16 He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”

  • 21 and they said to them,“May the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”

  • Gen 42:1-2
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    1 Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”

    2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

  • 15 The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?

  • 33 “So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.

  • 46 Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

  • 21 “I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.