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Gen 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

What is		Gen 46:33,34; Amo 7:14,15; Jon 1:8; 2Th 3:10
shepherds		Gen 4:2

Correlating Passages

What is

	Gen 46:33	And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What [is] your occupation?
	Gen 46:34	That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.
	Amo 7:14	Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
	Amo 7:15	And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
	Jon 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?
	2Th 3:10	For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

shepherds

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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 47:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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