Genesis 46:33

33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ¹‘What is your occupation? ’

Genesis 46:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:33

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you
Order them to come before him, to see them, and have some conversation with them:

and shall say, what [is] your occupation?
or your works ^F3, their business and employment, whether they exercised any manufacture or handicraft, and what it was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mkyvem) "opus vestrum", Pagninus, Montanus, "opera vestra", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.

Genesis 46:33 In-Context

31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32 And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have. ’

33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation? ’

34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers, ’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. ”

Cross References

• 1. 46:33 [See ver. 32 above]