Genesis 46:33-34
English Standard Version
33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, (A)‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, (B)‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock (C)from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell (D)in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is (E)an abomination to the Egyptians.”
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Genesis 46:33-34
New King James Version
33 So it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, (A)‘What is your occupation?’ 34 that you shall say, ‘Your servants’ (B)occupation has been with livestock (C)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 (D)an[a] abomination to the Egyptians.”
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- Genesis 46:34 loathsome
Genesis 46:33-34
New American Standard Bible
33 When Pharaoh calls for you and says, ‘(A)What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been [a](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 46:34 Lit men
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