Genesis 46:32-34
New International Version
32 The men are shepherds;(A) they tend livestock,(B) and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’(C) 33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’(D) 34 you should answer, ‘Your servants(E) have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’(F) Then you will be allowed to settle(G) in the region of Goshen,(H) for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.(I)”
Genesis 46:32-34
New King James Version
32 And the men are (A)shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.’ 33 So it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, (B)‘What is your occupation?’ 34 that you shall say, ‘Your servants’ (C)occupation has been with livestock (D)from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is (E)an[a] abomination to the Egyptians.”
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- Genesis 46:34 loathsome
Genesis 46:32-34
New American Standard Bible
32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been [a]keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls for you and says, ‘(A)What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been [b](B)keepers of livestock since our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of (C)Goshen; for every shepherd is an (D)abomination to the Egyptians.”
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Genesis 46:32-34
King James Version
32 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.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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