Genesis 46:33
When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
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- Genesis 46:32 The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
- Genesis 47:2–4 And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh. “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.” Then 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?”