Genesis 46:32

World English Bible (2000)

These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'

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  • Gen 47:3 : 3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
  • Gen 45:10 : 10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
  • Gen 46:34 : 34 that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
  • 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
  • 1 Kgs 9:27 : 27 Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 18:5-6 : 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals." 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; 71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance. 72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. A Psalm by Asaph.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
  • Zech 13:5 : 5 but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'
  • 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your children here?" He said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."

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  • Gen 47:1-6
    6 verses
    83%

    1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen."

    2From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.

    3Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."

    4They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

    5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

    6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."

  • Gen 46:33-34
    2 verses
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    33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?'

    34that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

  • Gen 37:12-13
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    80%

    12His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

    13Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

  • Gen 46:31
    79%

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

  • Gen 45:17
    79%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:6
    78%

    6They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt--Jacob, and all his seed with him,

  • Gen 47:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone."

    17They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.

    18When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.

  • Gen 37:16
    76%

    16He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

  • Gen 42:29
    75%

    29They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 50:8
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    8all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:3
    75%

    3Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 43:24
    74%

    24The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.

  • Gen 43:15
    74%

    15The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 42:13-14
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    74%

    13They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

    14Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

  • Gen 42:10
    74%

    10They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 42:32-35
    4 verses
    74%

    32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

    33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

    34Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

    35It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

  • Gen 45:25
    74%

    25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

  • Gen 43:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

    18The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys."

  • Gen 42:5-7
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    74%

    5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

    7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

  • Exod 2:19
    73%

    19They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."

  • Gen 43:2
    73%

    2It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

  • Gen 45:10
    73%

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

  • Gen 36:7
    73%

    7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.

  • Gen 43:7
    73%

    7They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

  • Gen 46:28
    73%

    28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:25
    73%

    25Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

  • Gen 47:12
    72%

    12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.