Chuàngshìjì 46:32

32 Tāmen bĕn shì mù yáng de rén , yǐ yǎng shēngchù wéi yè . tāmen bǎ yáng qún niú qún hé yīqiè suǒyǒude dōu daì lái le .

Chuàngshìjì 46:32 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:32

And the men [are] shepherds
That was their occupation and employment, by which they got their livelihood. Joseph was not ashamed of the business his father and brethren followed, even though mean; and besides, such men were an abomination to the Egyptians: this he thought proper to tell Pharaoh, lest he should think of putting them into some offices of the court or army, which would expose them to the envy of the Egyptians, and might endanger the corruption of their religion and manners, as well as be the means of separating them one from another, which he was careful to guard against, as Josephus ^F2 the historian suggests:

for their trade hath been to feed cattle;
this was what they were brought up to from their youth, and were always employed in, and for which only they were fit:

and they have brought their flocks and their herds, and all that they
have;
in order to carry on the same business, and lead the same course of life.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 2. c. 7. sect. 5.)

Chuàngshìjì 46:32 In-Context

30 Yǐsèliè duì Yūesè shuō , wǒ jì de jiàn nǐde miàn , zhīdào nǐ hái zaì , jiù shì sǐ wǒ yĕ gānxīn .

31 Yūesè duì tāde dìxiōng hé tā fǔ de quán jiā shuō , wǒ yào shàng qù gàosu fǎlǎo , duì tā shuō , wǒde dìxiōng hé wǒ fǔ de quán jiā cóng qián zaì Jiānán dì , xiànjīn dōu dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái le .

32 Tāmen bĕn shì mù yáng de rén , yǐ yǎng shēngchù wéi yè . tāmen bǎ yáng qún niú qún hé yīqiè suǒyǒude dōu daì lái le .

33 Dĕng fǎlǎo shào nǐmen de shíhou , wèn nǐmen shuō , nǐmen yǐ hé shì wéi yè .

34 Nǐmen yào shuō , nǐde púrén , cóng yòunián zhídào rújīn , dōu yǐ yǎng shēngchù wéi yè , lián wǒmen de zǔzong yĕ dōu yǐ cǐ wéi yè . zhèyàng , nǐmen kĕyǐ zhù zaì Gēshān dì , yīnwei fán mù yáng de dōu beì Āijí rén suǒ yànwù .