³² These men are shepherds, and they raise livestock. They have brought with them their flocks and herds and everything they own.’”

³ And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”

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

⁵ He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’

⁵ Ahab said to Obadiah, “We must check every spring and valley in the land to see if we can find enough grass to save at least some of my horses and mules.” ⁶ So they divided the land between them. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

²⁷ Hiram sent experienced crews of sailors to sail the ships with Solomon’s men.

¹⁵ but David went back and forth so he could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem.

Moses and the Burning Bush

3 One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro,^[a] the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai,^[b] the mountain of God.

³⁴ you must tell him, ‘We, your servants, have raised livestock all our lives, as our ancestors have always done.’ When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the region of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise shepherds.”