Genesis 46:32

Translations

Modern

The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the men are shedherds of sheep, for they have been men of livestock; and their flocks and their herds and all that is theirs, they have brought.’

Latin

…et sunt viri pastores ovium, curamque habent alendorum gregum: pecora sua, et armenta, et omnia quæ habere potuerunt, adduxerunt secum.

Original

Hebrew

English

The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’

Notes

Genesis 46:28–34

Jacob was full of joy when he finally saw his son Joseph again.

Genesis 45:16–47:12

This section marks a transition as the family moved from Canaan to Goshen, where they would live for the next 400years.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 47:3
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
1 Samuel 17:15
…but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
Genesis 37:2
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
Genesis 46:34
…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.”
Psalm 78:70–72
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 Kings 9:27
And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
Zechariah 13:5
He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
Genesis 31:18
…and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
1 Kings 18:5–6
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
Genesis 9:20
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

Glossary

Book of Exodus Famine Genesis, Book of Goshen Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Israel: Lived in Goshen Jacob: Meets Joseph The Jews: An Agricultural People

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