Genesis 46:33

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

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In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

In Context

32And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

34You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:32And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

Genesis 47:3And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:29-34

Meeting between Jacob and Joseph. ( b. c. 1706.) 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I… Read the whole commentary →

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