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Genesis 47:3

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47:3Pharaoh said to Joseph’s3 brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”4

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 4 Heb “both we and our fathers.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our ancestors, are shepherds.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.