Genesis 46:32

Jacob And His Offspring Go To Egypt

³¹ And Joseph said to his brethren and to his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brethren and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come to me; ³² 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. ³³ And it shall come to pass that when Pharaoh shall call you and say, What is your occupation?

Flocks and Herds

Genesis 47:3

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

Genesis 4:2

And she further bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a husbandman.

Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

Genesis 31:18

and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

Genesis 45:10

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.

Genesis 46:34

then ye shall say, Thy servants are men that have been occupied with cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God to Horeb.

1 Samuel 16:11

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither.

1 Samuel 17:15

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon;

1 Kings 18:5-6

and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts.

Psalm 78:70-72

And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.

Zechariah 13:5

And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman from my youth.