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Genesis 47:3 KJV
Genesis · chapter 47 · verse 3 · King James Version
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.Genesis 47:3 · King James Version
Genesis 47:3 in context
1Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
4They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Key words (Strong's)
- occupationmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- shepherdsrâʻâhto tend a flockH7462 →
- shepherdstsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
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