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Genesis 46:33
Genesis 46:33 is verse 33 of Genesis chapter 46, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
World English Bible
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
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Genesis 46:31–34 · Berean Standard Bible
31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
32 The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
33 When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 46:32The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
Genesis 47:2And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:3“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
Genesis 47:4Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
Jonah 1:8“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”