Genesis 46:33

And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

34You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:32And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

Genesis 47:3And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

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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