24 Bible Verses about Those Who Kept Stock

Then arose he, and came in, and departed for Samaria, - the sheep-shearing house itself being on the road;

And there were, shepherds, in the same country, dwelling in the fields, and keeping the watches of the night over their flock.

then put he a journey of three days between himself and Jacob, - but, Jacob himself, continued tending the flocks of Laban that were left.

And he said unto him, Thou, knowest how I have served thee, - and how thy cattle have fared, with me.

And, these, are the sons of Zibeon: Both Aiah and Anah, - The same, is the Anah that found the warm springs in the desert, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Then shall ye say - Men of cattle, have thy servants been from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers, - To the end ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for an abomination to Egyptians, is every feeder of a flock,

and your sons, shall be shepherds in the desert forty years, and shall bear your unchastities, - until your dead bodies are consumed in the desert.

Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite, - chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul.

Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Again, shall there be in this place - Which is deserted without man or even beast - And all the cities thereof, - The home of shepherds, causing flocks to lie down.

And she went on to hear his brother, Abel, - and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round.

And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;

And he said to them, Is it well with him. And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep.

While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for a shepherdess, was she.

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said: Thou shall give me, nothing at all, If thou wilt do for me this thing, I will return, I will shepherd thy flock I will keep it:

These, are the generations of Jacob - Joseph, when seventeen years old, was shepherding with his brethren among the flocks, and, he, being a youth, was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah wives of his father, - so then Joseph brought in the talk about them - something bad, unto their father.

Now his brethren went their way, - to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

And Pharaoh said unto the brethren of Joseph - What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh - Feeders of flocks, are thy servants, both we and our fathers.

Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.

Then said Samuel unto Jesse - Are these all the young men? And he said - There yet remaineth, the youngest, but lo! he is tending the sheep. Then said Samuel unto Jesse - Do, send, and summon him, for we cannot sit round, until he cometh in hither.

So Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, - and said, Send, unto me - David thy son, who is with the sheep.

whereas, David, kept going and returning from Saul, - to tend his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

Then said David unto Saul, Thy servant used to tend his father's sheep, - and there would come a lion, or a bear, and carry off a lamb out of the flock;

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, - of which (words) he had vision concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Then answered Amos, and said unto Amaziah, No prophet, was I, - nor the son of a prophet, was I, - but, a herdman, was I, and a preparer of sycamore fruit;