Genesis 47:3

Then Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation?”

And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our fathers, are shepherds.”

Genesis 46:33-34

When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

Genesis 4:2

Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

Amos 7:14-15

So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.

Jonah 1:8

Then they said to him, “Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we’re in. What is your business and where are you from? What is your country and what people are you from?”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

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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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Genesis 46:31

Bible References

What is

When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet;

rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.

Then they said to him, “Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we’re in. What is your business and where are you from? What is your country and what people are you from?”

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

General references

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him: My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.