Genesis 46:34

World English Bible (2000)

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."

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  • Gen 43:32 : 32 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
  • Exod 8:26 : 26 Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
  • Gen 37:12 : 12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
  • Gen 46:32 : 32 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.'
  • 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 30:35 : 35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
  • Gen 34:5 : 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 46:31-33
    3 verses
    88%

    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.

    32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'

    33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?'

  • Gen 47:3-7
    5 verses
    85%

    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."

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

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

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

    18Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'

  • Gen 47:1
    73%

    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."

  • 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.

  • Exod 2:19
    72%

    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 44:7
    71%

    7They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • Gen 43:32
    71%

    32They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

  • Exod 8:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!"

    26Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?

  • Gen 47:16-19
    4 verses
    70%

    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.

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

  • Gen 50:8
    70%

    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.

  • Exod 10:24
    70%

    24Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."

  • Gen 45:20
    69%

    20Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."

  • Num 20:15
    69%

    15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

  • Gen 37:12
    69%

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

  • Exod 5:21
    69%

    21and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • Num 32:4
    68%

    4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock."

  • Deut 26:6
    68%

    6The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:

  • Gen 47:25
    68%

    25They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

  • Gen 34:23
    68%

    23Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."

  • Deut 23:7
    68%

    7You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

  • Gen 46:6
    68%

    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,

  • Exod 3:18
    68%

    18They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'

  • Gen 33:13
    68%

    13Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

  • Exod 12:32
    68%

    32Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

  • Exod 10:26
    68%

    26Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don't know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there."

  • Deut 29:16
    68%

    16(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

  • Exod 9:4
    68%

    4Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"

  • Exod 10:7
    68%

    7Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

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

  • Gen 41:19
    67%

    19and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

  • Gen 50:18
    67%

    18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."