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.
KJV
quos ille interrogavit : Quid habetis operis ? Responderunt : Pastores ovium sumus servi tui, et nos et patres nostri.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Φαραὼ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Ἰωσήφ Τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τῷ Φαραώ Ποιμένες προβάτων οἱ παῖδές σου, καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.
LXX
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל אֶחָ֖י/ו מַה מַּעֲשֵׂי/כֶ֑ם וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָ גַּם אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם אֲבוֹתֵֽי/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 4:2 — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Gen 46:32 — And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
- Gen 46:33 — And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
- Jonah 1:8 — Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?