Genesis 46:32

Jacob And His Offspring Go To Egypt

³¹ And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, I will go up and show Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. ³² And the men are shepherds, for they have been men of cattle. And they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have. ³³ And it shall be when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Flocks and Herds

Genesis 47:3

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

Genesis 4:2

And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be a husbandman. And he planted a vineyard.

Genesis 31:18

And he drove away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his property, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, in order to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, came tending the flock with his brothers. And he was a youth 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 you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your sons and your sons' sons, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have.

Genesis 46:34

Then you shall say, Your servants have been men of cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers, so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses kept the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back side of the desert. And he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

1 Samuel 16:11

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all the young men here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.

1 Samuel 17:15

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

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 Kings 18:5-6

And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the torrents. Perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, so that we do not lose all the animals.

Psalm 78:70-72

He also chose David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

Isaiah 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 with young.

Zechariah 13:5

But he shall say, I am no prophet; I am a man, a tiller of the ground; for a man taught me to buy from my youth.