Genesis 47:3
“And Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said vnto Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both wee and also our fathers.”
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Genesis 47:3 Context
1Then Ioseph came and tolde Pharaoh, and saide, My father and my brethren, and their flockes, and their heards, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan: and behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2And hee tooke some of his brethren, euen fiue men, & presented them vnto Pharaoh. 3And Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said vnto Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both wee and also our fathers. 4They said moreouer vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in the land are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for their flockes, for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen. 5And Pharaoh spake vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.
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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.
- King James Version
Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation? So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)