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Genesis 46:33

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It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’

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Genesis 46:33 in other translations

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Genesis 46:33 · American Standard Version

Genesis 46:33 in context

  1. 31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
  2. 32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
  3. 33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
  4. 34that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”