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Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to his brothers, t“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, u“Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

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Genesis 47:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”

“Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”

Genesis 47:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Genesis 47:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”

They replied, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just like our ancestors.

Genesis 47:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?”

And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.”

Genesis 47:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

The king said to the brothers, “What work do you do?”

And they said to him, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”

Genesis 47:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

Genesis 47:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.

Genesis 47:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What kind of work do you do?” 

They answered Pharaoh, “We are shepherds, as were our ancestors.

Genesis 47:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation?”

And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our fathers, are shepherds.”

Genesis 47:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our ancestors were.”

Genesis 47:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our ancestors.”

Genesis 47:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What do you do for a living?”

“We’re shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh. “And that’s what our fathers were.”

Genesis 47:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.”


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