KJV 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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, ‘What are your works?’ and they say unto Pharaoh, ‘Thy servants are feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;’
Surrounding context — Genesis 47
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 said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine [is] sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֧אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayפַּרְעֹ֛הH6547 · par.ohPharaohאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶחָ֖יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingמַה־H4100 · mahwhat?מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑םH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workוַיֹּאמְר֣וּH559 · a.marto sayאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)פַּרְעֹ֗הH6547 · par.ohPharaohרֹעֵ֥הH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsצֹאן֙H6629 · tsonflockעֲבָדֶ֔יךָH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoאֲנַ֖חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
Genesis 46:33-34And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What [is] your occupation?2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.Jonah 1:8Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil [is] upon us; What [is] thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what [is] thy country? and of what people [art] thou?Amos 7:14-15Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet’s son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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