Genesis 46:33
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New International Version (©1984)
When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, 'What is your occupation?'

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Now, when Pharaoh calls for you and asks, 'What kind of work do you do?'

King James Bible
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

American King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Bible in Basic English
Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?

Darby Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass that when Pharaoh shall call you and say, What is your occupation?

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

World English Bible
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?'

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What are your works?

Geneva Study Bible

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

46:28-34 It was justice to Pharaoh to let him know that such a family was come to settle in his dominions. If others put confidence in us, we must not be so base as to abuse it by imposing upon them. But how shall Joseph dispose of his brethren? Time was, when they were contriving to be rid of him; now he is contriving to settle them to their advantage; this is rendering good for evil. He would have them live by themselves, in the land of Goshen, which lay nearest to Canaan. Shepherds were an abomination to the Egyptians. Yet Joseph would have them not ashamed to own this as their occupation before Pharaoh. He might have procured places for them at court or in the army. But such preferments would have exposed them to the envy of the Egyptians, and might have tempted them to forget Canaan and the promise made unto their fathers. An honest calling is no disgrace, nor ought we to account it so, but rather reckon it a shame to be idle, or to have nothing to do. It is generally best for people to abide in the callings they have been bred to and used to. Whatever employment and condition God in his providence has allotted for us, let us suit ourselves to it, satisfy ourselves with it, and not mind high things. It is better to be the credit of a mean post, than the shame of a high one. If we wish to destroy our souls, or the souls of our children, then let us seek for ourselves, and for them, great things; but if not, it becomes us, having food and raiment, therewith to be content.


Genesis 47:2 He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers." (NASB ©1995)

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And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

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