Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” And the brothers answered, “Sir we work for you now. We look after farm animals, just like our father and grandfather before us.

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

In Context

2Then Joseph took 5 of his brothers to meet Pharaoh, the king.

4We have all come to live in your country for a while. Our country hasn't got any food to feed our animals and nothing will grow and everyone is really hungry. And so we ask you, can we live in that part of Egypt called Goshen?”

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Cross References

Genesis 4:2Later on Eve had another son, and she named him Abel. When the boys were grown up, Abel looked after sheep, and Cain got the ground ready to grow food plants.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:2-13

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1706.) 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They… Read the whole commentary →

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