Genesis 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."
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- Genesis 46:33
"And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?"
Read in chapter → - Amos 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:"
Read in chapter → - Jonah 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?"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 4:2
"And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."
Read in chapter → - 2 Thessalonians 3:10
"For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat."
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