Genesis 46:32

Jacob And His Offspring Go To Egypt

³¹ And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's house, "I will go and show Pharaoh, and tell him that my brethren and my father's house which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me, ³² and how they are shepherds," - for they were men of cattle - "and they have brought their sheep and their oxen and all that they have with them. ³³ If Pharaoh call you and ask you what your occupation is,

Flocks and Herds

Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, "What is your occupation?" And they said unto Pharaoh, "Feeders of sheep are thy servants, both we and also our fathers."

Genesis 4:2

And she proceeded forth and bare his brother Abel: And Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a plowman.

Genesis 9:20

And Noah, being a husbandman, went forth and planted a vineyard,

Genesis 31:18

and carried away all his cattle and all his substance which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, for to go to Isaac his father, unto the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2

And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them.

Genesis 45:10

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen and be by me: both thou and thy children, and thy children's children: and thy sheep, and beasts and all that thou hast.

Genesis 46:34

say, 'Thy servants have been occupied about cattle, from our childhood unto this time: both we and our fathers,' that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen. For an abomination unto the Egyptians are all that feed sheep."

Exodus 3:1

Moses kept the sheep of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he drove the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

1 Samuel 16:11

Then said Samuel to Jesse, "Are here all thy children?" And he said, "The youngest is yet behind. Behold, he keepeth the sheep." Then Samuel said unto Jesse, "Send and fetch him for we will not sit down, till he be come hither."

1 Samuel 17:15

David went and departed from Saul, to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent by ship also of his servants, that were shipmen and expert in the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 Kings 18:5-6

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, "Walk through the land, unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks, to see whether any grass may be found that we may save the horses and the mules, that we destroy not the beasts."

Psalm 78:70-72

He chose David also his servant, and took him away from the sheepfolds.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.

Zechariah 13:5

But he shall be fain to say, 'I am no Prophet: I am a husbandman, for so am I taught by Adam from my youth up.'