Genesis 46:32
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 will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
- KJV
- And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
- WEB
- These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
- ASV
- and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
- DARBY
- and the men are shepherds, for they have been occupied with cattle; and they have brought their sheep, and their cattle, and all that they have.
- BLB
- And the men are shedherds of sheep, for they have been men of livestock; and their flocks and their herds and all that [is] theirs, they have brought.’
- ÅB
- Og mennene er fehyrder, de er folk som driver feavl, og sitt småfe og sitt storfe og alt det de eier, har de hatt med seg hit.
- OTB
- Mennene er gjetere; de har drevet med buskap, og de har tatt med seg sine flokker, hjorder og alt de eier.'
- B1930
- Og mennene er fehyrder, de er folk som driver feavl, og sitt småfe og sitt storfe og alt det de eier, har de hatt med sig hit.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 47:3
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.
Read in contextExodus 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Read in contextPsalms 78:70–72
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Read in contextGenesis 4:2
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Read in contextGenesis 46:34
That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Read in contextGenesis 31:18
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Read in contextZechariah 13:5
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
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