Verse 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.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 43:32 : 32 They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him.(The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.)
• Exod 8:26 : 26 But Moses said,“That would not be the right thing to do, for the sacrifices we make to the LORD our God would be an abomination to the Egyptians. If we make sacrifices that are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their eyes, will they not stone us?
• Gen 37:12 : 12 When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
• 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 45:10 : 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.
• Gen 30:35 : 35 So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted(all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons.
• Gen 34:5 : 5 When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.