Chuàngshìjì 47:3

3 Fǎlǎo wèn Yūesè de dìxiōng shuō , nǐmen yǐ kè shì wéi yè , tāmen duì fǎlǎo shuō , nǐ púrén shì mù yáng de , lián wǒmen de zǔzong yĕ shì mù yáng de .

Chuàngshìjì 47:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, what [is] your occupation?
&c.] Which is the question he had told his brethren beforehand would be asked them, and prepared them to give an answer to it, ( Genesis 46:33 Genesis 46:34 ) ; which was perhaps an usual question Pharaoh asked of persons that came to settle in his dominions, that he might have no idle vagrants there, and that he might know of what advantage they were like to be of in his kingdom, and might dispose of them accordingly:

and they said unto Pharaoh, thy servants [are] shepherds, both we
[and] also our fathers;
see ( Genesis 46:34 ) .

Chuàngshìjì 47:3 In-Context

1 Yūesè jìn qù gàosu fǎlǎo shuō , wǒde fùqin hé wǒde dìxiōng daì zhe yáng qún niú qún , bìng yīqiè suǒyǒude , cóng Jiānán dì lái le , rújīn zaì Gēshān dì .

2 Yūesè cóng tā dìxiōng zhōng tiǎo chū wǔ gèrén lái , yǐn tāmen qù jiàn fǎlǎo .

3 Fǎlǎo wèn Yūesè de dìxiōng shuō , nǐmen yǐ kè shì wéi yè , tāmen duì fǎlǎo shuō , nǐ púrén shì mù yáng de , lián wǒmen de zǔzong yĕ shì mù yáng de .

4 Tāmen yòu duì fǎlǎo shuō , Jiānán dì de jīhuāng shèn dà , púrén de yáng qún méiyǒu cǎo chī , suǒyǐ wǒmen lái dào zhè dì jìjū . xiànzaì qiú nǐ róng púrén zhù zaì Gēshān dì .

5 Fǎlǎo duì Yūesè shuō , nǐ fùqin hé nǐ dìxiōng dào nǐ zhèlǐ lái le ,