Genesis 46:33

When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’

Translation for Translators

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

32The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep and goats and cattle, and everything else that they own.’

34answer him by saying, ‘From the time when we were young, we have taken care of livestock, just as our ancestors did.’ If you tell him that, he will let you live in the Goshen region.” Joseph told them to say that because the people of Egypt despised all shepherds.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:32The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep and goats and cattle, and everything else that they own.’

Genesis 47:3The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”

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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